Miles ahead
Jaap Leendertse, manager for PCR and SUV tires at Sumitomo Rubber Europe, discusses the key elements of the company’s Smart Tyre Concept introduced at the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show in Japan
Browsing: Opinion
What is the function of tire taxes?
TTI resident columnist Joe Walter, considers the role that tire taxes play worldwide
The challenges of developing EV tires
Martin Winter, head development engineer at the Hankook European Technical Center, discusses how the growing market of electric vehicles has affected the tire development landscape
What is the role of government?
Independent tire consultant and failure analyst David Southwell debates whose responsibility it to is monitor tire safety
Worn over time
Walter assesses how to accurately predict tire wear – and concludes that a simpler, universally recognized technique is needed to replace current lab test machines
Making waves
Resident columnist Gregory Smith looks toward the future of driverless and autonomous cars and their effect on tire development
Modular simulation
Flavio Farroni, researcher at the University of Naples, discusses recent breakthroughs at the university spin-off company MegaRide, which is focused on applied vehicle research and works closely with the vehicle dynamics group at the Italian university.
Growth potential
Amey Amanaji, automotive and transportation research expert at Markets & Markets, foresees global growth in the OE segment due to an increase in vehicle parc
Simple plans
Walter believes a cordless injection-molded tire could be commercially viable with new materials
Cutting corners
Smith considers how to semi-populate a tire model with a reduced data set – and how useful the results would be