- Industry: Automotive
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The irreversible process of heating rubber under pressure to improve its strength and resilience.
Industry:Automotive
A vehicle’s tendency to stray or wander from its intended direction of travel as a result of steering abnormalities, worn tires, suspension misalignment, crosswinds, or pavement irregularities.
Industry:Automotive
Indicates how efficiently the tire disperses water to combat aquaplaning, and how well it grips wet roads in low-speed driving.
Industry:Automotive
The longitudinal distance from the center of the front wheel to the center of the rear wheel on the same side of the vehicle.
Industry:Automotive
Small weights attached or secured to the wheel to balance the tire and wheel assembly.
Industry:Automotive
When the mounting face of the wheel directly aligns with the wheel’s centerline.
Industry:Automotive
Michelin® Zero Pressure™ tires feature a reinforced sidewall that is designed to support the weight of your car even after a loss of air pressure — even with no air in the tire. 2 Michelin® Zero Pressure Technology allows you to continue driving up to 50 miles at 55 mph, so you don’t have to change a tire on the side of a busy highway. Best of all, Zero Pressure Technology has been applied to some of the best-performing Michelin® tires.
Industry:Automotive
When tires on the same axle are parallel; the fronts and rears of the tires are equidistant.
Industry:Automotive
A zig-zag shaped, normally horizontal sipe that flexes and bites into the snow to help provide reliable cold-weather traction.
Industry:Automotive
The amount of air inside the tire pressing outward on each square inch of tire, which is expressed in pounds per square inch (psi) or kiloPascals (kPa), the metric designation for air pressure.
Industry:Automotive
