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The European Union is studying green label for tires

The EU is readying legislation that will label tires according to their impact on the environment. The idea is to create a label that would spot three values, two of them inspired by current energy efficiency ratings of domestic appliances: The first value, using letters from A to G will refer to rolling resistance. It would spot a gas pump symbol, indicating that the most fuel-efficient tire is the one with letter A. The difference between each level will be a meager 0.1 l/100 km in fuel consumption. The second value, also graduated ... Read more →

Instructable of the day: making sandals from used tires Jeremy Korzeniewski

The subject of tire recycling is one that has come up here before, but we didn't really offer up any useful suggestions for the average reader on what to do. Let's change all of that with our latest ...

Beep-beep! TPMS-lite tire cap blinks when tire pressure drops Lascelles Linton

Goodyear recommends that you check your car's tire pressure once a month. But who has time to waste the seconds, maybe even minutes (!), that it takes to check your tire pressure? Isn't there is a ...

Frankfurt 2007 video: Michelin's Energy Saver tire Lascelles Linton

Michelin has a new low resistance tire called Energy Saver and they brought it to the Frankfurt Motor Show. The Michelin demonstration of the tire at the show has two cars on a slope rolling back and ...

Nitrogen vending inflation station set to save you fuel Dane Muldoon

Fact 1: The US Department of Energy estimates that we could save two million gallons of gasoline every day if our tires were properly inflated. Fact 2: An estimated 30-50 percent of all vehicles on ...


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