SMARTWAY-VERIFIED HYBRID TIRE
Continental Tire’s Conti Hybrid HD3 is now verified by the U.S. EPA’s SmartWay Transport Partnership as a low-rolling-resistance drive tire for class 8, linehaul tractor trailers.
EPA has determined that certain tire models can reduce NOx emissions and fuel use by 3% or more, relative to the best selling new tires in that application, according to the SmartWay website. There are now 20 Continental new and retreaded truck tire products verified by SmartWay.
Introduced earlier this year, the Conti Hybrid HD3 is a third-generation long-haul highway drive tire, named ‘hybrid’ because it allows operation in a combined highway and regional application. With advanced tread-cap compounding, a self-stabilizing rib-block pattern, and minimized tread deformation from a stiff shoulder, users can expect the tire to have more than a 10% improvement in rolling resistance compared to the company’s HDR2 and HDL2 DL, Continental says.
The tire is available in sizes 295/75R22.5, 11R22.5, and 11R24.5, and will be offered as a ContiTread retread product in late 2013.
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