Tires have gotten quite a bit better. I have 50k miles in 2years on my current tires and they look like they are basically brand new still. I don't see any reason they won't make it to 70k+ miles or ...

Before a car rolls off the production line, manufacturers run virtual tests on it. Simulating tires is particularly challenging since they are subject to extreme stress when driving over potholes and ...

F1-inspired simulation and smart tire sensors are changing vehicle dynamics where the FSC-certified natural rubber hits the road. Tires, like seemingly every other part of the modern automobile, have ...

AKRON, Ohio and DARMSTADT, Germany, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ: GT) and VI-grade today announced a state-of-the-art DiM250 DYNAMIC Driving Simulator will ...

In context: While tires may never steal the spotlight from more glamorous automotive components, their importance and the sophistication of their development should not be underestimated. The marriage ...

HANOVER, Germany — Continental A.G. is investing in a dynamic driving simulator in order to enhance the efficiency of its original equipment tire development process. Conti plans to install the ...

South Korean tyre manufacturer Nexen Tire Corporation has announced that it has installed a new hi-tech driving simulator at its Nexen UniverCity central research institute in Seoul, which it says ...

LMS and the Automotive Business Unit of TNO recently announced that they have agreed to integrate TNO’s Tyre models into the LMS Virtual.Lab Motion simulation software. As a result, users of LMS ...

I recently had my car serviced at the dealer. Although I'm not due for replacement yet, my rep and I started talking about tires. He told me that the tire your car comes with from the manufacturer has ...