Michelin has spent a great deal of time and development effort on how its EV tires handle the near instantaneous torque emanating from electric vehicles.
-inspired descriptors like"insane,""ludicrous," and even"plaid" being used for the most powerful electric vehicles and their launch modes, it's easy to appreciate the performance side of EVs, especially if you're a fan of torque. Due to their nature, electric motors make abundant torque from low speeds, which is a perfect recipe for brutal acceleration—provided you have the tires that can properly apply it to the pavement.
"In quite a few of our tires, particularly high performance but now even tires homologated for some electric vehicles that aren't typically considered high performance, we're using material such as aramid, hybrid aramid construction," Michelin product manager Steve Calder said. Aramid is a name for aromatized polyamide, better known by brand names like Kevlar or Nomex. The Aramid replaces nylon in the tire carcass to provide greater strength and durability.
"As vehicles get heavier and more torque is produced," Calder said,"typically you want a compound that's more rigid to be able to handle that. So we're working on the next generation of compounds that are both more rigid for that torque capability and also very efficient." The specifics of tire compound chemistry are among the most heavily guarded of corporate secrets for tire manufacturers, but it's clear Michelin is leveraging not only its experience but also its ability to innovate to stay at the forefront of torque-handling capacity, with both EVs and traditional internal combustion engine performance cars and hybrids.
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