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Michelin Helps to Promote Green Energy in Australia

Michelin Australia has showed its support for the development of more sustainable modes of transport by backing last week’s Veolia World Solar Challenge.

The 2011 Challenge saw the largest field ever, with 39 teams from 21 different countries putting their vehicles to the test on the 3,000km journey from Darwin to Adelaide.

Eight of the teams were equipped with Michelin tyres specially designed for the race, with the lowest rolling resistance tyre ever made (1.5kg/t).  This rolling resistance is five times less than an Energy Saver tyre that can be fitted to road cars.

With the average the rolling resistance of a car’s tyres accounting for roughly 20 per cent of all energy used, tyres can account for up to one in every five tanks of fuel.

Michelin has a long history of engineering fuel and emissions saving technology into its tyres with MICHELIN GREEN X marked tyres designed to save CO2 emissions and reduce fuel costs.

In 1992, Michelin launched its first generation green tyre, significantly lowering rolling resistance of a conventional tyre, and earlier this year they introduced their newest green tyre – MICHELIN ENERGY XM2.

Today, Michelin displays a ‘GREEN X’ label on the sidewalls of all its energy efficient tyres.

For further information on the Veolia World Solar Challenge, go to http://www.worldsolarchallenge.org/

Tags: GREEN X, World Solar Challenge