Lanxess says 'green tyres' give best financial return

ERJ staff report (DS)

Leverkusen, Germany - In another effort to promote the benefits of low-rolling-resistance tyres to the public, Lanxess has commissioned a study on the cost-benefits of the tyres.

The study by the Technical University of Munich shows that these tyres pay for themselves much faster than automatic start-stop systems and hybrid drives.

“The TU Munich study confirms that green tyres offer motorists numerous benefits for little financial outlay,” says Werner Breuers, member of the Lanxess AG Board of Management. “Beginning next week, consumers will be able to use the new EU label to identify at the time of purchase whether they are buying high-performance tyres.

A simple example from the TU Munich study shows how much the optimised rolling resistance cuts a car's fuel costs. A car that consumes six litres of fuel per 100 kilometers and covers a distance of 12,500 kilometres a year with a fuel price of EUR 1.40 per litre can save up to EUR 100 a year thanks to green tyres.

The additional costs for quality tyres are also recouped faster - green tyres pay for themselves after just 20,000 kilometres on average, whereas automatic start-stop systems do not reach this point until after 60,000.

The tyres also perform well in terms of green return - with savings of 4.7 kilograms of CO₂ for each additional euro invested, the efficiency value is another 50 percent higher than for automatic start-stop systems and as much as 150 percent higher than for hybrid drives.

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Press release from Lanxess