Yokohama Launches Premium Drive Tire

Yokohama Tire Corp. has launched the new Yokohama BluEarth 718L SmartWay-verified premium drive tire.

The BluEarth 718L is available in four sizes - 295/75R22.5, 11R22.5, 285/75R24.5 and 11R24.5 - and comes with a seven-year unlimited retread casing warranty.

“The 718L is built for maximum fuel efficiency and durability to meet fleets’ long-haul demands,” says Tom Clauer, Yokohama’s senior manager of commercial product planning. “It boasts an advanced compound and newly developed tread pattern that aid in the reduction of rolling resistance, combats irregular wear and enhances traction to keep fleets running longer and more efficiently."

Other features include a connected tread for enhanced tread block stability and increased heel-to-toe wear resistance; a contoured groove wall for added stiffness; sloped, narrow grooves for optimized wet and dry traction and low rolling resistance; deep lug grooves in the middle of the tread for long-lasting traction throughout the life of the tire; and more.