Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. will introduce the Advan Sport EV, a new, ultra-high performance summer tire for electric vehicles (EVs), to overseas markets this fall.
Tokyo, Japan-based Yokohama Rubber plans to offer the new tire in 16 sizes.
Based on Yokohama Rubber’s Advan Sport V107 tire for high-performance cars, the new Advan Sport EV was developed to contribute to the low electricity consumption and quietness desired by owners of EVs and other electrified vehicles.
The tire features technologies cultivated in Yokohama Rubber’s development of original equipment (OE) tires. One of those technologies is a compound to reduce tire rolling resistance, thereby expanding EV driving range.
The compound also enhances the tire's wet performance, contributing to safe driving on wet roads, according to Yokohama officials.
The Advan Sport EV tire's sidewalls will feature the letters “SILENTFOAM”, indicating that Yokohama Rubber’s SILENTFOAM, a specially designed polyurethane foam, is attached to the inside of the tire. This polyurethane foam reduces tire cavity resonance.
The tire's tread pattern is the same design used on Yokohama Rubber’s Advan Sport V107.
The Advan Sport EV also will be the first Yokohama tire to bear the company’s new proprietary “E+” mark, which will be on tires sold for use on electrified vehicles. In addition to being displayed on the sidewall of Yokohama tires that incorporate technologies that meet the special needs of electrified vehicles, the “E+” mark will be prominently displayed in tire catalogs and on websites to facilitate customers’ tire selection.
