Winter Tires for Going Green

One of my favourite reads on tires, Wheels.ca offers the suggestion on the timing of putting your winter tires on:

"Traction loss on bare pavement for a typical all-season tire sold in Canada starts at about 7C. Anything colder and traction losses mount rapidly."

Pretty clear, eh? The article also contains some unexpected twist: how to stay green while choosing winter tires. Apparently Michelin claims being a champion in appealing to environmentally conscious segment of the market:

"The X-Ice Xi2 gets the "Green X" rating from Michelin, which means the rubber it uses is part of a line of tires that has lower rolling resistance and lower fuel consumption compared to a regular rubber. Michelin claims that if the world's vehicles were equipped with Green X tires, carbon dioxide emissions would be cut by 72.6 million tonnes."

Read full article on Wheels.ca.