Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. will introduce the Advan Sport EV, a new, ultra-high performance summer tire for electric vehicles (EVs), to overseas markets this fall. Tokyo, Japan-based Yokohama Rubber plans to offer the new tire in 16 sizes.
The tire features technologies cultivated in Yokohama Rubber’s development of original equipment (OE) tires. One of those technologies is a compound to reduce tire rolling resistance, thereby expanding EV driving range.
The Advan Sport EV tire's sidewalls will feature the letters “SILENTFOAM”, indicating that Yokohama Rubber’s SILENTFOAM, a specially designed polyurethane foam, is attached to the inside of the tire. This polyurethane foam reduces tire cavity resonance. The tire's tread pattern is the same design used on Yokohama Rubber’s Advan Sport V107.
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