The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced a new formulation of its Endurance WHA waste haul tire made with a renewable soybean oil compound.
The company has made significant progress toward its goal of a 100% sustainable-material tire by 2030.
The partnership between Goodyear and Gatik, an autonomous technology company serving short-haul logistics, shows the need for remote diagnostics and component monitoring when autonomous transportation comes to pass.
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Goodyear will work with autonomous-truck technology developer Plus (formerly Plus.ai) on how connected tires can help improve the performance of its PlusDrive autonomous driving solution.
The new Goodyear SightLine tires use sensors that communicate with cloud-based algorithms. These provide predictive analysis of potential issues before they arise, offering improved uptime running and lower maintenance costs.
The companies will pursue opportunities to integrate their complementary mobility solutions, including Goodyear’s intelligent tire monitoring system and proactive solutions suite and UFODrive’s advanced eMobility software as a service platform.
The $2.5 billion acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. by Goodyear Tire will expand the tiremaker’s U.S. manufacturing footprint to three additional plants and will ultimately add 97,000 units of passenger and light truck tire manufacturing capacity for the company.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has entered into an agreement to acquire Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. in a deal valued at about $2.8 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2021.
Goodyear Ventures has added TuSimple and Starship Technologies to its growing investment portfolio.
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