Q I purchased new tires for my 2003 Focus and have had the tires balanced and rotated every 6,000 or 7,000 miles, a total of four times. This summer I noticed the tires were making a "humming" noise ...

NEW YORK — The vehicle industry's quest for quieter cars is driving demand for noise-dampening components, a development Pirelli Tyre is meeting with tire technology it claims reduces road noise by up ...

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is getting in on the specialty tire game for electric vehicles with its new all-season ElectricDrive GT tire. Basically, this bad boy is designed to reduce road noise and ...

A section of Interstate 35 in Duluth is a testing ground for an unusual concrete-grinding process that’s designed to make tires hum rather than squeal on older concrete pavements. So far, the ...

Goodyear Tire & Rubber patented a pneumatic tire design with multiple layers of open cell noise damping foam strip material attached to the innerliner below the tread portion. The layers are ...

For many drivers, factors such as road noise, ride comfort, and confident handling are top priorities when purchasing a tire. Manufacturers have responded to these needs with a class of touring ...

While CES has historically been a consumer electronics-focused event, it has recently become increasingly important for the automotive industry as new and innovative technologies find their way into ...

Electric vehicles need tires that were designed with different priorities. And this past week another big player in tires, Goodyear, is recognizing that—with its first North American-market ...