Michelin’s New Motoe Tyre – australian motorbike magazine
Last year, Michelin announced the introduction of sustainable materials in MotoE™ tires, to
the tune of 33% at the front and 40% at the rear. This year, the Michelin development teams
have overcome a new challenge by integrating no less than 46% sustainable material in the
rear tires, thus allowing for reaching an average rate of 40%, corresponding to the weighted
average of the mass of the front and rear tires. This result is clearly in line with the Group’s
ambition to reach an average of 40% sustainable materials across all its ranges by 2030.
“Although ambitious, this objective remains no less realistic for Michelin. The MotoE™ tires
are a new illustration of this.” said Cyrille Roget, Director of technical and scientific
communications for the Michelin Group. And he added: “it is mainly in integrating more
natural rubber and recycled carbon black in the tires that we have been able to make
progress.”
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Given Michelin’s key sponsorship of the MotoE World Championship, it is hoped this innovation will bring the concept of greater sustainability to motorcycle sports.