Join the Bugatti development team as they travel to Michelin’s Ladoux test facility in France to select the perfect tyre for the Tourbillon hypercar
Browsing: Tires and wheels
With its 8.3-litre V16 paired with three electric motors, the Bugatti Tourbillon produces 1,800 horsepower. This equates to a 0 to 100 km/h (0–62 mph) time of under 2 seconds and a top speed of 445 km/h (276 mph), which makes tyre development critical, and difficult. Here’s the story of how Bugatti and Michelin tackled the challenge
Claude Rouelle, president of OptimumG, breaks down slip angle, which he regards as one of the most fundamental, and most misunderstood, concepts in vehicle dynamics
Yokohama Rubber has developed and begun full-scale operation of a proprietary generative AI system that uses RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) to search various internal technical documents and present responses based on their contents to aid tyre development
A concept tyre developed for a European Union-funded project demonstrates how recycled, renewable and mass-balance-certified materials can meet safety and efficiency standards for electric vehicles
Hankook will supply the Porsche 911 Carrera with ex-works tyres for the first time, following years of joint development
A new tyre developed jointly by Continental and Renault Group is claimed to offer rolling resistance 35% below the EU label’s top A rating
The May 2026 issue of Vehicle Dynamics International magazine is packed full of dynamics developments and the latest technologies, with a special focus on software-defined vehicles, NVH testing and tuning, as well as the role of AI in intelligent suspension design, and developments in steer by wire
The Italian hypercar was taken on a journey from Pagani’s headquarters in Bologna, to Bosch Engineering near Stuttgart, and on to Pirelli’s headquarters in Milan, to demonstrate the Cyber Tyre system
Pirelli has completed a cross-European road journey in a Pagani Utopia Roadster to demonstrate the tyre-to-vehicle dynamics integration of Cyber Tyre technology