David Manley

Michelin, Bridgestone, Goodyear and Continental remained the four largest tire makers in the world, but then the shakeup in this year's Global Tire Report Top 75 rankings begins.

The collaboration ships tires from Bridgestone's South Carolina plant to its Texas distribution center, utilizing Kodiak's 750-mile autonomous route and J.B. Hunt's last-mile logistics.

<p>Goodyear Tires-as-a-Service pilot programs showed reduced total cost of ownership, including a nearly 80% reduction in emergency breakdown events.</p>

<p>Strong M&A activity in 2022 continued throughout 2023, and this year has been no different.</p>

<p>The first Michelin Guide was published in 1900 as a marketing campaign to boost travel by automobile and increase tire sales.</p>

<p>Michelin believes the commercial replacement tire market will settle after a double-digit drop, and the company is looking ahead to how it and its partners will help shape the future of the segment.</p>

<p>Michelin’s sustainability quest has it looking at better ways at doing everything, from examining the 200 parts that go into building a tire to developing wind sails that make shipping them more efficient.</p>

<p>Proponents argue right-to-repair laws increase competition, allowing consumers faster service at a better price. And consumers’ ability to hang on to products longer is ultimately good for the environment.</p>

<p>The OTR business provides specialized tires for the mining and construction industries with annual revenue of $700 million.</p>

<p>The Baja Boss XS is a competition-inspired extreme off-road tire that’s also designed for street use.</p>

Brand Finance ranks the Top 15 most valuable tire brands.

The annual Market Data Book is available for download now at tirebusiness.com.

Goodyear CEO Rich Kramer: We feel pretty good about North America, a little slow to start, with a strong first half coming.

Goodyear continued to grow in the fourth quarter though at a slower pace amid weaker overall volume demand and challenges in Europe.

A look at how Goodyear handles the logistics behind building and supplying tires for NASCAR.

The new new Toyo Open Country R/T Trail is a stylish and aggressive light truck tire that looks as good sitting in the driveway as it performs on the trail.

R2R is an issue waiting just over the horizon for every service shop, and New York’s law may just prove to be the tip of the spear.

The Buffalo-based tire wholesaler saw recovery — and then some — in 2021.

How fast are EVs evolving? Wayne Gerdes just drove a Porsche from Los Angeles to New York City with a total charge time of less than two and a half hours.

How fast are EVs evolving? Wayne Gerdes just drove a Porsche from Los Angeles to New York City with a total charge time of less than two and a half hours.