EcoRR

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EcoRR –The Dynamically variable Rolling Resistance Tyre System (TSB funded project) ECORR is an Innovate UK collaborative project as part of the Low Carbon Vehicles Disruptive technologies field. The project is progressing towards on vehicle demonstration and showing exciting potential. The ECORR Tyre system is probably the most radical design advancement in vehicle development since the Radial tyre. ECORR is a pneumatic self powered inner tyre device for distorting the profile and footprint of the tyre to greatly reduce the rolling resistance under steady driving, then rapidly revert back to performance tyre conditions under more dynamic driving such as cornering, braking or acceleration ‘Imagine having the efficiency of a racing bike and the traction of a Mountain bike yet in a car’ ‘Imagine being able to have high traction tyres that last longer and keep their high traction ability for longer’ ‘Imagine economy performance tyres a current contradiction’ ‘Greater Fuel efficiency – projected saving 7.5 percent’ ‘Imagine not worrying about tyre pressures’ All of this means that using this tyre will have a significant impact on global CO2 emissions. This project is currently partnered by Randle Engineering, Potenza Technology and The University of Birmingham to perform feasibility studies on this very ambitious but potentially groundbreaking project and bring it to fruition. Rolling Resistance is a main contributor to fuel efficiency and vehicle noise and this contribution increases dramatically when driving speeds are lower and another main contributor aerodynamics reduces exponentially. Even a 5 percent improvement in Fuel efficiency that the ECORR could potentially provide, would equate to Global Road Transport Emissions of 3653 million Tonnes of CO2, calculated as a World saving of 183 million Tonnes or 0.8 percent of total global emissions. (Taken from World Resources Institute 2003 and EU Commission Communication – SEC(2006)1078)