Where a tyre is made can affect how quickly it reaches a customer and which trade rules apply.
This week, Wanli and Linglong set out plans for production outside China. Elsewhere in the Future Tyre Industry Hub, a large MOT study found differences between EV models, Pirelli prepared a road-monitoring trial, and UK recycling figures left a commercial question unresolved.
Wanli Tire’s proposed Malaysian plant and Linglong Tire’s approved investment in Egypt put overseas tyre production at the top of this week’s roundup. Both companies explicitly discuss regional supply and exposure to trade barriers when explaining their projects. They are at different stages: Wanli’s Malaysian project remains in preparation, while Linglong’s Egyptian investment has board approval but still requires regulatory approvals. TNM’s report covers the funding, project scope and why a factory’s location alone does not settle a tyre’s customs origin. tyrenews.co.uk
A study of 47.4 million MOT tests found that battery electric vehicles recorded around 1.8 times as many serious tyre defects as petrol cars across the mileage bands examined. The model-level results varied considerably, giving manufacturers and fleets a more useful question to investigate than the overall figure alone. These are defects identified at MOT, not a measurement of tyre wear rate or lifespan. The data does not isolate the effect of tyre specification, vehicle design or maintenance. tyrenews.co.uk
Pirelli and the Carabinieri plan to use five vehicles in Rome to combine Cyber Tyre sensor data with camera images. The aim is to identify road-surface and signage problems during normal vehicle operations. The small trial tests a use for tyre data beyond the vehicle itself, but results, detection accuracy and the extent of road coverage have not been published. tyrenews.co.uk
The Tyre Recovery Association says more than 150,000 tonnes of annual UK recycling and remanufacturing capacity sits unused while substantial volumes of whole waste tyres are exported. As TNM’s reporting explains, the figures show a mismatch, but do not establish its cause or mean that spare capacity could absorb all exports. Plant utilisation, collection prices, processing costs and demand for recycled outputs need closer examination. tyrenews.co.uk
The next evidence to watch is progress on the proposed factories, closer examination of the EV model comparisons, published results from connected-tyre trials and better data on the economics of UK recycling.
Tags: future tyre industry, overseas tyre plants, Wanli Tire, Linglong Tire, EV tyre defects, MOT study, Pirelli Cyber Tyre, connected tyres, UK tyre recycling, waste tyre exports
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