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BYD equips new EV with Continental EcoContact tires

The Seal will feature Continental’s 19-in. EcoContact 6 Q as factory installed original equipment.

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Continental, DeepDrive partner on EV core technologies

The companies will develop a combined unit comprised of drive and brake components.

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AMN Drivetime: Continental Tire’s Travis Roffler

Hear Roffler discuss his start in the industry and the passion for automotive that led to his career.

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Are EV tires all marketing hype?

What qualities make a good EV tire?

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Are EV tires all marketing hype?

Tire manufacturers are taking different approaches to how they are marketing EV tires.

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You can’t deny the EV charger revolution is happening

In the not-so-distant future, today’s rather drab charging affairs will be getting a bit of a pick-me-up.

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Continental supplies OE tires for the new Kia EV6

Continental Tires has been chosen to supply OE tires for Kia’s new all-electric Kia EV6. As a result, the tiremaker supplies two types of tires to Kia plants: the PremiumContact 6 and the CrossContact RX. Specially engineered for safe and comfortable driving, the PremiumContact 6 tires offer low rolling resistance, thus helping the Kia EV6

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Continental developing automatic charging robots for EVs

Together with startup Volterio, Continental’s development and production service provider Continental Engineering Services (CES) is developing an intelligent charging robot that the company says will make filling up with electricity easier and more convenient in the future. To this end, CES and Volterio have now officially entered into a partnership that will see the latter

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Tire innovations ramping up for EV fleets

The transformation of tires is critically needed to support electrification and eventually autonomous vehicles.

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Continental helps set electric truck distance world record

The partners declared the Guinness World Records’ title of the longest distance covered by an electric truck without a charging stop.

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