Mike Wischhusen, Author at Tire Review Magazine
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Balancing Rolling Resistance With Other Performance Characteristics

Tires play a vital role in a vehicle’s energy consumption. At normal driving speeds, passenger tires account for up to 20% of a car’s fuel consumption. In other words, in a passenger car, one out of every five tanks of fuel is used to overcome the tires’ rolling resistance. For a commercial truck, it can