EU Tyre Label

An EU tyre label was made with simplicity in mind. Fuel efficiency and wet grip are in an ‘A’ to ‘G’ scale, where the higher the tyre ranks, the better. Let’s decipher the different parts of an EU tyre label.

• Fuel efficiency – To attempt fuel consumption, a car has to reduce its rolling resistance. To help you understand how fuel efficient your new car tyre is, an EU tyre label measures it with a symbol of a fuel pump and a rating on its charts.

A car tyre can affect its mileage by almost 20%. An ‘A’ rated tyre can save you nearly 6 litres of fuel every 625 miles, drastically reducing your fuel bills and carbon footprint.

• Wet grip – Another vital aspect of a car tyres performance, its wet road grip, is also present on the tyre label. Its symbol is that of a rain cloud, and it is measurable with the same ‘A’ to ‘G’ rating. The better the score, the shorter braking distance you will have when you drive your vehicle.

The braking distance is calculated with a vehicle travelling at 50mph on a wet road. Each grade increases your cars braking distance by at least 4 meters. An ‘A’ rated tyre will have almost 30% shorter stopping distance than its ‘G’ rated counterpart.

• External rolling noise – A symbol representing a megaphone shows the external noise that a car tyre generates. This noise is accompanied by 3 waves, where one wave is the quietest and 3 waves are the loudest. A tyres noise is measured when a car is passing by at a medium speed.

The difference between noise emissions between each bar is of about 3dB. Also, an absolute value of the generated noise is also present beside the symbol.

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