With the advent of very precise ways to measure rolling resistance across a broad range of tires, I'm curious as to how the actual tire weight factors into the total energy required. I get that lower ...

They are out there and working in six states, with several more states looking at banning lead weights. California, Illinois, Maine, New York, Vermont and Washington already have lead wheel weight ...

PITTSBURGH–New research is updating the average weight of recycled passenger and light truck tires by a substantial amount—25 percent. It's an important change as the figure helps tire recyclers more ...

OLYMPIA – Those little lead weights clipped onto your tires soon may go the way of lead type, lead toy soldiers and lead paint. Washington’s state Senate on Tuesday voted to ban the installation of ...

There are a few weight-related things to consider when shopping for EV tires, so let’s take a closer look at how their weight affects tire choice and performance. This is a sponsored article from our ...

Since installing your own personal weigh station in the driveway isn’t really practical, drivers basically have to guess whether or not they’re exceeding the vehicle’s maximum payload weight. For many ...

Ordinarily, I have much better things to do than pound truck tires with sledgehammers. You know ... things that actually accomplish something. Yet there I was one recent afternoon, whaling away on a ...