The resistance of automotive tires to rolling eats up anywhere from 20% to 50% of the energy used by the car. So if auto and tire engineers could cut the rolling resistance in passenger-car tires by ...

Engineers have developed a nanogenerator that harvests energy from a car's rolling tire friction. A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and a collaborator from China have developed a ...

One of the most effective ways to boost a truck’s fuel efficiency is to decrease the amount of friction created by its forward motion. Various aerodynamic devices help move air out of the way and ...

I'm writing for my brother, who never reads your column. He has a 2010 Toyota Prius with all the bells and whistles. He was told that to get the best gas mileage, he should buy low-rolling resistance ...

Shoppers must consider many factors when buying tires: braking performance, wet-weather grip, how long they last, and price. But taking into account a tire’s rolling resistance could save you money at ...

Tires take one of the top spots on the list of Important Things. Yet they also rank pretty high on the list of Things You Never Think About Until They Break. Other items live in that overlap, like ...

AKRON — Necessity drove Karl-Alfred Grosch to become an expert on the friction and wear properties of tires. He wanted to buy a house. This year´s Charles Goodyear medalist lived with his wife in a ...

Trying to get back as much of the energy we consume while driving is the engineer’s primary concern in the automotive industry. Some of the new generation models already use regenerative braking, for ...

Tires have two basic operating functions in addition to carrying the weight of the vehicle: they mitigate shocks from the road surface and provide the longitudinal and lateral control forces for ...

(Nanowerk News) A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and a collaborator from China have developed a nanogenerator that harvests energy from a car's rolling tire friction. An innovative ...

MADISON - A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and a collaborator from China have developed a nanogenerator that harvests energy from a car's rolling tire friction. An innovative ...