Ecological Tires By Michelin
Posted on January 26, 2010
Filed Under Interesting, Michelin Tires
With Michelin tires You can spare gallons of fuel annually thus contributing to the protection of the environment!
How it all happens? During the ride the tire deforms to “hold” the road better thus ensuring comfort and confident steering. But the deformation leads to the tire’s heating what results in the loss of the part of the engine power. As a result every fifth full fuel tank or 20% of the total fuel consumption are spent on the struggling with the event that is called “rolling resistance”. Obviously, it cannot but cause negative consequences for the environment due to the increased amount of exhaust gases that create “greenhouse effect”.
So, major efforts of tire manufacturers are to be aimed, on the one hand, at the reducing rolling resistance and, on the other hand, at the retaining of the performance of the tire. The Michelin company draws special attention to the development of technologies that could save the problem.
Already in 1946 the Michelin company succeeded having reduced rolling resistance by 30% thanks to the production of the tires with the radial carcass. But the real revolution on the passenger tire market took place in 1992 when the Michelin company managed to add silica (silicone dioxide) to the rubber compound. Thanks to the new compound the company succeeded in reducing energy losses that occur during the deformation thus having increased the fuel efficiency of its tires.
As a result the driver was able to spare up to 3% of his fuel expenses. If all the passenger cars in the US had been equipped with “green” tires the saving would have amounted to $ 5mln. The amount of exhaust gas discharge in this case would have been reduced by 7,5 million tons what is equal to the amount of harmful substances absorbed annually by nearly 300 million trees.
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