Bridgestone, the world’s largest tire and rubber company, announced its first-ever appearance at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, NV... As part of its interactive showcase, the company will spotlight many mobility solutions that enable an autonomous future with a focus on extended mobility, improved safety, and increased efficiency. Some of the [...]
What are tires made of? Continental AG received the CES 2019 Innovation Award for its intelligent door system in the Vehicle Intelligence and Self-Driving Technology category. Continental has been at the forefront of technology for ADAS, connected cars, but most importantly, tires. Run-Flat Tires When run-flat tires first came out a few years ago, many [...]
New Wheel Concept The wheels on the EV go round and round, round and round. No matter how much you rethink the wheel, they are round, but that round wheel made out of dandelions still has a lot of technology wear left in it. Continental has generated a new wheel for electric vehicles with the [...]
Washington Post Real Wheels car chat I am dedicating this blog to Holly Reich and to anyone that has fought cancer. Holly fought cancer for twenty years, four times successfully. Each time I would ask her why she fought so hard and she would tell me that "because if I can help find a cure [...]
Why would a company name a brand new 2016 tire a name that sounds like it comes from a dinosaur? I did some digging on the internet and found out, through Wikipedia, that "Taraxacum kok-saghyz (TKS) was cultivated on a large scale in the Soviet Union between 1931 and 1950, as well as [...]
Honda has already given approval for its all-new Honda Civic Type R that has achieved a new lap record on the famous “Nurburgring Nordschleife". The tire is known as the Black Chili. Nikolai Setzer, Continental AG executive board member for tires, talked to journalists at the Frankfurt auto show about the SportContact 6 that was [...]
Details of the new TCE 4435THP are: Tires can be very expensive especially Ultra High Performance (UHP) tires. Who knew that changing your tire could lead to problems for you, your tire and your safety. Bosch did. How would you know if there was damage to your tire? German Rubber Association is the German Certification [...]
John Church, Michelin's product developer engineer, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com about the brand new run flat tires manufactured exclusively for the corvette stingray. The 2014 Chevy Corvette stingray comes standard with run flat tires, but you wouldn't know it by driving it. The run flat tires are the only ones that Michelin [...]
The future of tires Hannover, Germany - Continental Dr. Hagan Schoenfield, research and development of tires, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com about the technologies of the future. So much has been made of electrification and automated driving, but the one constant for the future is that, so far, we still need four tires [...]
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Dr. Ralf Cramer is the President and Member of the Executive Board, Chassis & Safety Division, Continental AG. Dr. Cramer is responsible for integrating active and passive safety with driving dynamics. He oversees the Business Unit's Electronic Brake Systems, Hydraulic Brake Systems, Sensorics, Passive Safety & ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems), [...]