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New Michelin X Energy Savergreen

New Michelin X Energy Savergreen

Michelin has launched its all new Michelin X Energy Savergreen tyre which is designed to offer road transport companies unrivalled performance and economy, saving 500 litres of fuel per truck per year while continuing to deliver superior tread life.

The Michelin X Energy Savergreen also reduces greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 2.5 tonnes over the tyre's life, and improves safety thanks to a seven per cent increase in grip in comparison with the previous generation Michelin XDA2+ Energy tyres.

Built using Michelin's new Energy Flex heat-stable casing, the X Energy Savergreen is the latest truck tyre to join the Michelin Durable Technologies family, which comprise a package of breakthrough truck tyre innovations, with the Energy Flex technology capable of driving a measurable reduction in fuel consumption throughout the life of the tyre.

The Michelin X Energy Savergreen also incorporates other innovative Michelin Durable Technologies, such as the InfiniCoil architecture, which helps to deliver improved endurance together with a 500 kg increase in steering axle payload, and double wave sipes, which further enhance grip. In this way, the Michelin X Energy Savergreen delivers superior performance in three critical areas, which would be impossible to offer in the same tyre using standard tyre manufacturing technologies. T

he new tyre is available immediately in Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain in the 315/70R22.5 dimension, with the tyres expected to be widely available in the UK and other European countries in early 2009. The current range includes both the X Energy Savergreen XF for steer axles and an XD for drive axles.

Both tyres offer the same fuel-efficient benefits throughout each stage of the unique Michelin Four Lives tyre package (new, regroove, Michelin Remix and regroove of the Remix tyre).

The Michelin X Energy Savergreen tyre was first unveiled earlier this year in an exclusive world premiere launch on the new model of the Renault Magnum, after Renault independent trials calculated that the new Michelin tyre saves 0.5 litres of fuel per 100 kilometres compared with its predecessor, which was already well known for its fuel economy.

Volvo has also approved the Michelin X Energy Savergreen on its latest generation trucks, whilst other leading original equipment manufacturers are in the process of finalising the tyre's approval for their latest model ranges.

The launch of Michelin's new low rolling resistance tyre for long distance trunking operations comes during a period when oil prices have hit record highs, with the average haulier spending nearly a third of their operating budget on fuel (versus 16 per cent in 1999), making it their second largest expense.