Category: Yokohama

Yokohama Rubber is set to double its production capacity of Yokohama Off-Highway Tires (YOHT) with the construction of a new plant in India.

Cars running on Yokohama’s flagship Advan brand tyres finished first in two divisions at the 99th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb held recently in Colorado.

Yokohama is to supply its Advan Sport V107 tyres to BMW as original equipment on the new BMW M3 Sedan and BMW M4 Coupe.

Alliance, part of Yokohama Off-Highway Tires, has introduced a new tyre for pivot irrigation systems, the Alliance 768 Value Plus, available in three sizes 11.2-24, 14.9-24 and 11.2-38.

Vehicles running on Yokohama’s Geolandar M/T G003 mud-terrain tyres finished first and second in the 4800 class of the 2021 King Shocks Area BFE Beatdown, an off-road race held in Utah over the April 3-4 weekend.

Yokohama claims it has developed the world’s first technology capable of efficiently producing butadiene from a biomass.

Mercedes-Benz has selected Yokohama’s Advan Sport V107 tyre as original equipment for the Mercedes-AMG GLB 35 4Matic.

Yokohama’s Advan Sport V107 has been selected by BMW for original equipment fitment on the new iX3, the first sports activity vehicle (SAV) with an all-electric-drive system from the German brand.

Yokohama Off-Highway Tires Europe Middle East and Africa (YOHT EMEA) has announced price increases of 4.5 to 5.5 per cent.

Yokohama has revealed SensorTire Technology Vision, its medium- and long-term technological development vision for passenger car tyre sensors.

Yokohama has installed a new cooling unit in the indoor ice-surface testing facility at its tyre test centre of Hokkaido.