Michelin said it is celebrating the significant milestone of selling one million X One wide single tires. The tire maker first introduced its next-generation wide-based single tire with the Michelin X One XDA and X One XTA tires in 2000 at the Great American Trucking Show, and has since added a wide variety of X One tires for different applications and vehicle types.
“This significant milestone – along with the breadth of wide single products we offer – proves that the X One tire is now a mainstream solution for fleet customers,” said François Corbin, chief operating officer, Michelin Americas Truck Tires. “Our goal all along has been to provide products that bring value to trucking fleets and owner-operators. The X One tire has delivered that value and will continue to deliver on that promise.”
Since 2000, Michelin said with its X One tires, fleets have gained up to 10% in fuel efficiency, resulting in more than 63 million gal. of fuel saved. This translates into 639,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions that did not enter the atmosphere. For a trucking fleet with 1,000 trucks, fitting X One tires can lead to a potential savings of 17,000 metric tons of CO2 of emissions per year, or the equivalent of removing 3,400 cars from the road, the tire maker said.
In addition to the fuel savings, truck fleets are realizing the weight savings benefit of X One tires. Because of the reduced weight, trucks with X One tires can save more than 700 pounds per truck, which leads to fewer trucks on the road for the same amount of load, resulting in increased freight efficiency and additional emission savings, the company said. The Michelin wide single tire is made possible by Infini-Coil Technology—more than a quarter-of-a-mile of steel cord wrapped circumferentially around the crown of every X One tire. Infini-Coil Technology reduces casing growth and stabilizes the contact patch, reducing irregular wear, according to the company.
Michelin’s current X One tire lineup includes: X One XDA Energy, X One XDN2, X One XTA, X One XTE, X One XZY3, X One XZU S, and X One XRV. The company also offers a variety of retread options for wide single tires through Michelin Retread Technologies: Michelin X One XDA retread, X One XDA-HT retread, X One XTA retread, X One XTE retread, and X One XZU S retread.
