GM PARTNERING WITH TIRE RESEARCHERS FOR BETTER FUEL ECONOMY

By Zach Bowman, Autoblog.com - Starting next year, General Motors engineers will work with researchers at the National Tire Research Center in an effort to create safer and more efficient tires.  The automaker has invested US$ 5 million in the facility in Halifax, Virginia, which uses cutting-edge tire performance machinery to recreate real-world driving events.The US$ 11.2 million test equipment can spin a tire to the equivalent of 200 mph (321 kilometres per hour) while monitoring data

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