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Bridgestone Corporation has announced it has successfully developed new technologies and related it’s practical applications that improve the riding comfort of run-flat tires.
Bridgestone will begin marketing this third generation of run-flat tires in 2009, focusing on sales to original equipment manufacturers for installation in new vehicles.
As environmental awareness grows worldwide, automakers are accelerating the introduction of lighter, smaller vehicles.
The company believes that further popularising the safe and environment-friendly run-flat tires can make a major contribution to society.
According to Bridgestone, while there are various ways to eliminate spare tires the company believes that run-flat tires are the best way of eliminating spare tires because of significant advantages offered by them, including: Improved driving stability when the tire punctures, greater peace of mind as it avoids the need to change tires in dangerous places, such as on highways, continued mobility not only when punctures damage the tire tread in contact with the road surface, but even when punctures damage the tire sidewalls.
Eliminating spare tires from all vehicles would help save resources by reducing the approximately 59 million spare tires annually. Furthermore, CO2 emissions over the spare tire lifecycle from raw material procurement to disposal could be lowered by approximately 2 million tons of CO2 per year.
