Toyo Tires on April 24 held a technical briefing on its new truck and bus tire products and announced the Delvex M135 ribbed tire for light trucks and the Nanoenergy M151 EV ribbed tire for light EV trucks. Regarding the background to the development of both tires, the company commented, “The growth of the e-commerce market has led to an...
Toyo Tires will add one size to two tires of its Open Country series SUV tire brand, specifically the Open Country A/T Ⅲ all-terrain tire and the Open Country M/T off-road tire lineup. Both products are priced at an open price. The Open Country A/T Ⅲ is an all-terrain type product that is well-balanced for driving in a variety of...
Sumitomo Rubber and Murata Manufacturing have jointly developed a tire wear detection system that detects tire wear by capturing the shape of the tire in three dimensions and providing data feedback to users. By combining Sumitomo Rubber’s expertise in tire maintenance and tire development with Murata Manufacturing’s sensing technology based on three-dimensional measurement cultivated in the telecommunications market and its...
Bridgestone has developed a new tire for lunar rovers. A concept model of this tire has been exhibited for the first time at the 39th Space Symposium to be held in Colorado Springs from April 8 to 11. The company has been working on research and development of tires for lunar rover vehicles since 2019. The newly developed tires for...
Yokohama Rubber has begun deliveries of the Advan Sport V105 tires for Subaru’s new Impreza for Europe and Latin America. The tire size is 225/40R18 92W, and the product will not be installed on vehicles bound for Japan. The Advan Sport V105 is an ultra high-performance tire from the Advan series, the company’s global flagship tire brand. It delivers high...
The all-season tire category is steadily growing in sales volume in the Japanese domestic tire market. According to Continental Tire Japan, all-season tires account for 1.6% of total domestic tire market sales by volume in 2023, with sales volume being 1.4 times higher than in 2019. Even in 2023, when the overall domestic tire market sales volume was lower than...
