Bridget Neal has been appointed the new president of off-the-road tires at Bridgestone Americas Tire…
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Walter believes a cordless injection-molded tire could be commercially viable with new materials
Bridgestone Americas has opened its new Operations Center in Antioch, California. Inside the 77,000ft² Operations…
Nizar Trigui assumes and will expand a role currently being held by Steve Charles, VP…
Bridgestone Europe is to increase the prices of its car/motorcycle tires by up to 3%,…
Dean Tener, technical manager of the Smithers Rapra tire testing center in North America, discusses the challenges of developing tires for autonomous vehicles
Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), working in cooperation with Bridgestone Americas, has created an innovative…
Vehicle fuel energy is consumed not only in linear motion, but also in overcoming the inertia of rotating components. These spinning components create a dynamic response, known as an ‘effective mass’, that seemingly increases the overall bulk of an accelerating vehicle. This virtual mass, added to vehicle weight as an equivalent non-rotating constituent, adversely affects the acceleration performance and fuel economy of all road cars
Walter considers the similarities between the role of tires and air springs
Taiwanese tire maker Kenda Tires recently established a new tech center in the USA. We speak to Kenda’s VP of engineering who’s been tasked with developing the facility while also expanding the company’s R&D activity in Taiwan
