CALGARY, Alta. – The larger the surface area of a tire in contact with the ground surface, the better the traction of the vehicle. This is not new news, but tire traction is still an important issue ...

Tire siping sounds like something a workshop made up to upsell to you during an oil change, but it's actually a legit procedure. It involves cutting tiny slits into the tread blocks to help your tires ...

Tire makers take tread to new levels through advanced siping, improving traction and longevity. Modern tread designs are complicated affairs. Ribs, intervals between tread blocks, and hairline slits ...

Engine and chassis guys often don't want to hear it, but in many ways the tire specialist is right when he says that those four black rubber doughnuts are the most important things on any race car. It ...

Yokohama Rubber has patented a pneumatic tire with a unique tread pattern featuring three or more circumferential main grooves, lug grooves, and composite sipes. The design aims to improve traction ...

A recently granted patent (Publication Number: US11999197B2) discloses a pneumatic tire design featuring an annular tread portion with four main grooves, including inner and outer main grooves, along ...