BMW to use sustainable tyres on PHEV | Automotive Industry News

Tyre is FSC licensed

The BMW Group reported it would be the initially automotive producer to equip its automobiles with tyres working with licensed sustainable natural rubber and rayon, a wood-based content employed to improve the tyres.

The automaker will resource 22-inch tyres from Pirelli and, from August 2021, will use them on the X5 xDrive45e Plug-in-Hybrid.

Certification of the rubber plantations and the complex supply chain for natural rubber and rayon usually takes area in accordance with the stringent specifications of the unbiased Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), BMW reported.

Andreas Wendt, BMW getting and provider community main, reported: “We have been fully commited to bettering cultivation of natural rubber and growing transparency in the provider community given that 2015. The use of tyres made of licensed natural rubber is a groundbreaking accomplishment for our market.”

By far the premier share of natural rubber grown around the globe goes into tyre creation. Pure rubber’s significant elasticity and sturdiness at present make it irreplaceable.

To receive certification, Pirelli tailored its US plant in Rome, Georgia, to develop tyres working with FSC-licensed natural rubber and rayon.