There’s often a big difference between ideal situations and the “real world.” One of the best examples is checking tire pressure. As you know, DOT regs require drivers to gauge tires as part of a ...

Over time, even the best braking systems wear down from friction and heat, making it essential for drivers to recognize the ...

SEOUL, South Korea—Nexen Tire Co. Ltd. has developed an artificial intelligence-based technology that it claims will allow it to reduce both tire noise and pass-by noise generated by cars and tires.

Have you ever been annoyed by the tire noise in your car and wondered what could be the reason? There are several reasons why the tires in your car are making a noise, but most of it is down to the ...

As electric cars have taught us, car tires are a major source of undesirable noise in a car's cabin. Honda has an ingenious solution to the issue, hidden resonators that work to cancel out the noise ...

HIRATSUKA, Japan — For decades, safety experts have been trying to dissuade truck drivers from using the "thump method" to determine whether a tire is properly inflated, but thanks to artificial ...

Yokohama Rubber has begun practical testing of a technology that gauges air pressure from the sound made by tapping on a tire. The company announced that it has developed an experimental pressure ...

Electric vehicles are notoriously quiet. You might think near silent operation would be a universally agreed upon good thing, but when the internal combustion engine is removed from the equation, a ...

The Tire Retread Information Bureau will be holding its tire-thumping contest at the 2006 Great American Trucking Show, being held at the Dallas Convention Center on Thursday, Aug. 24, through ...

Question: Help! My 1994 Toyota Tercel, which has almost 21,000 miles on it, has developed a strange scratching noise in the rear-tire area. Sometimes it sounds like marbles, pebbles or ball bearings ...