Tires

The Oxygene is a photosynthesis tire, 3D-printed, that makes electricity.

Winter tire care tips from the experts.

Driving conditions make a big difference.

Only one other supplier makes tires for the car.

Transparency, labor rights, and preventing deforestation are keys to the initiative.

These tires divert landfill waste while reducing dependence on foreign petroleum.

We don't recommend wet weather driving.

What's the last time you checked the tread on your tires?

Dubai's Z Tires teamed with a Chinese tire factory to produce a set of blinged-out, gold embellished, diamond encrusted tires that sold for a cool $600,000.

Ford offers a closer look at the tires featured on the 2017 F-150 Raptor. The tires, BFGoodrich all-terrain T/A KO2s.

Finnish tire marker Nokian admitted to creating custom tires that scored better in comparison tests after a newspaper reported on the deception. The company released a statement apologizing for past mistakes.

Mopar will offer owners of some Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep models a way to get ready for the cold weather with a winter wheel and tire package that will arrive ready for installation.

Yokohama is experimenting with putting fins on tires to clean up their aerodynamics in motion and offer improvements in fuel economy.

Hankook is continuing to develop a non-pneumatic tire for passenger cars, and the iFlex is the company's fifth prototype for the idea.

Michelin confirmed that it has submitted its bid for the exclusive contract to supply tires to Formula One, pitting it against the current supplier Pirelli as the FIA weighs competing offers.

China National Tire & Rubber Company, a division of China National Chemical Corporation, is working to buy Italian tire maker Pirelli for $7.7 billion. Shareholders have accepted the offer, but it remains to be seen if the tender offer price of 15 euros per share will be enough.

Goodyear is imagining the future of tire technology with two concepts at the Geneva Motor Show. Its BH03 generates electricity to help provide power to a vehicle, and the Triple Tube actively adapts the pressure to the road.

"Tires is what wins a race." That was the lesson Harry tried to teach Cole in the stock-car classic Days of Thunder. "If we can't figure a way to run so you don't melt the damn tires, we can't finish a race." How right he was: every NASCAR driver knows that having the right tires can mean the difference between a checkered flag and a DNF, but now the White House is embracing th

Michelin will start pushing harder on its various budget tire lines in a bid to combat the amount of cheap rubber coming out of China, changing up its product mix so that more affordable offerings count for between 25 and 30 percent instead of the current 15-to-20-percent mix.

To most consumers, tires all tend to look alike and be fairly easy to ignore. You slap them on your vehicle, check the pressures (somewhat) regularly and drive for thousands of miles. They're arguably the most important part of your car, however, and they deserve more attention and thought. They're also a lot more complex than you might think, and in unexpected ways.