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<\/p>\nSouth Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is completing a roll out of Michelin CrossClimate+ tyres across its 200-car \u2018rapid response\u2019 fleet, reducing the number of tyre changes required by its previous winter\/summer tyre swap policy.<\/p>\n
By fitting CrossClimate+ tyres to the all-\u0160koda Octavia fleet,\u00a0the Trust\u00a0also cuts the cost of using a \u2018tyre hotel\u2019 for out-of-season storage.<\/p>\n
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Kevin Bartholomew, Fleet Operations Manager, says: \u201cWe only take vehicles off the road for safety inspections or maintenance, and the six-week transition period previously required to swap our summer and winter tyres twice a year was incredibly inconvenient. With CrossClimate+, we keep the same tyres on the \u0160kodas year-round, saving time and money.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michelin CrossClimate+ tyres offer the benefits of a summer tyre for dry or wet braking, total mileage and energy efficiency. The latest generation tyres also offer cold weather and winter performance with improved traction on snow-covered roads, from the first mile to the last \u2013 with little difference in performance as the tread wears down.<\/p>\n
He adds: \u201cLives depend on ensuring safe mobility for our fleet, so we simply can\u2019t afford for tyre-related downtime or lack of grip in snow, ice and rain to delay us on a call-out. Fitting CrossClimate+ tyres means we can supply expert lifesaving care, whatever the UK\u2019s unpredictable weather throws at us.\u201d
\nCovering the counties of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire and the former Avon area \u2013 an area equivalent to 20 per cent of the UK \u2013 the Trust\u2019s fleet operates from 95 ambulance stations and is maintained at 14 workshop sites. All the fleet\u2019s frontline vehicles, including its 369 ambulances, run on Michelin tyres purchased through the Crown Commercial Services framework, and fitted by service provider ATS Euromaster.<\/p>\n
The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust\u2019s fleet covers a population in excess of 5.3 million people, and employs more than 4,000 clinical and operational staff, plus GPs.<\/p>\n
Michelin CrossClimate tyres were named\u00a0Fleet News\u2019\u00a0Best New Product 2016. They also clinched the\u00a0Van Fleet World\u00a0Innovation Award 2016, and won the innovation category of the 2016\u00a0BusinessCar\u00a0\u2018Techies\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is completing a roll out of Michelin CrossClimate+ tyres across its 200-car \u2018rapid response\u2019 fleet, reducing the number of tyre changes required by its previous winter\/summer tyre swap policy. By fitting CrossClimate+ tyres to the all-\u0160koda Octavia fleet,\u00a0the Trust\u00a0also cuts the cost of using a \u2018tyre hotel\u2019 for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[649,15,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands","category-michelin","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n