Sustainable tires growing like weeds!

Truck manufacturers are under immense pressure to decarbonize, and that can’t be done without some attention given to the big round rubber components that connect them to the asphalt.

Future tires may always look as they do today – round and black – but what goes into making them is likely to change drastically. Jessica Julian leads product marketing for Goodyear Tire & Rubber. Goodyear’s sustainable commercial tire incorporates dandelions, rice husks and soybean oil like ingredients that will likely go into future tires as the truck tire industry looks to reduce the environmental impact of its products.

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Sustainable tires growing like weeds, particularly dandelions – Truck News