A good set of tires has always made a big difference in safety, fuel economy and handling, but one area that is getting new attention is the quality of tires to reduce or increase the amount of noise ...

Q I purchased new tires for my 2003 Focus and have had the tires balanced and rotated every 6,000 or 7,000 miles, a total of four times. This summer I noticed the tires were making a "humming" noise ...

MILAN, Italy (July 17, 2013) — Pirelli Tyre S.p.A. has developed tires for Audi Group that are designed to reduce noise for occupants of the car using a layer of polyurethane sponge adhered to the ...

NEW YORK — The vehicle industry's quest for quieter cars is driving demand for noise-dampening components, a development Pirelli Tyre is meeting with tire technology it claims reduces road noise by up ...

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is getting in on the specialty tire game for electric vehicles with its new all-season ElectricDrive GT tire. Basically, this bad boy is designed to reduce road noise and ...

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. has developed technology to suppress tire cavity noise-a growing problem in certain original equipment fitments-using polyurethane foam mounted to the tire´s inner ...

Q. For a while now I've noticed my car is making a noise while driving. It's a whirring, wup-wup-wup noise that gets louder as I go faster. Do you have an idea what this might be? I guess I had become ...

Electric vehicles need tires that were designed with different priorities. And this past week another big player in tires, Goodyear, is recognizing that—with its first North American-market ...

Despite continuing concerns voiced by area residents about noise and environmental issues, the Waukegan City Council has approved a plan to set up a tire-shredding operation in a vacant ...

Rolling noise is generated by two things: movement of the tire's tread block on the road surface and the sound of air being expelled from between the tread blocks as the tire compresses. Racing slicks ...