VIDEO! New TirePass May be Too Good to Pass Up

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- It's been about two weeks since Love's Travel Stops launched TirePass, a new system that inflates tires automatically while drivers fuel up, and it's already available at more than 90 locations across the U.S. TirePass is a fuel and tire inflation lane where a trained Love's technician checks and inflates your tires for you while you fuel, in addition to them measuring tread depth and performing a visual check of the tire and wheel assemblies. According to Love's, this new system helps to lower downtime, reduce the risk of breakdowns, increase fuel mileage and prolong your tire life.

Hankook achieves SmartWay certification

WAYNE, N.J. -- Hankook Tire has had three of its commercial fleet tires certified for the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) SmartWay Program, meeting the program's requirement to reduce rolling resistance by 3 percent.

Ontario wants your tires

TORONTO -- There's a whole world out there waiting to be made up of used tires and Ontario truckers can now do their part.

NB Raises Fees on Tires of Out-of-Province Trucks

DIEPPE, NB - There's a new rule in New Brunswick that owners of all imported vehicles must pay an additional fee per each tire on their vehicle.

ENGINE SPEED: HOW LOW SHOULD YOU GO?

Low engine speeds are a good thing, right? Well, you can go too low.

Yokohama wins tireless legal bout

FULLERTON, Calif. -- Yokohama Tire Corporation has reached a final settlement agreement with Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber pertaining to design patent infringement, with Hangzhou agreeing to destroy the manufacturing molds and remaining inventory of its Westlake H280 tires.

Wide-base tire weights harmonized with duals in Ont

TORONTO -- The government of Ontario has finally allowed full parity between new generation wide-base single tires and a set of duals.

FUEL ECONOMY GUIDE

Bridgestone has published the 4th guide in its series on tire and truck fuel economy

Let’s Re-TIRE a few Old Myths

Where tire operation rumors go all rubbery

Tire groups lobby for reserve pressure capacity requirement for tires

Major tire industry trade groups are rallying around a proposal by the Rubber Manufacturers Association that urges U.S. safety officials to adopt a reserve inflation pressure capacity for tires.

Goodyear updates web presence with revamped site

AKRON, Ohio -- Goodyear's new commercial tire website aims to be a little more user-friendly and offer fleet maintenance managers and owners some cost savings along the way.

Tire network changes hands after market downturn

SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. -- The financially troubled Tirecraft Group has provided Quebec's largest tire distributor with an avenue to expand west.

Let’s Re-TIRE a few Old Myths

Where tire operation rumors go all rubbery

Oliver Rubber announces new retreads

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Oliver Rubber announced the launch of its Oliver Performance Drive today – a drive position retread for both long-haul and regional applications. “The Performance Drive is the…