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Wear of Passenger Car C1 Tyres Under Regulatory On-Road Testing Conditions
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Researchers measured tire wear rates for passenger car tires under real-world driving conditions using a standardized EU testing method designed to set future abrasion limits. They tested six summer and nine winter tires and found a wide range of wear rates and estimated service life values across different tire types. The findings contribute data to support upcoming EU regulations aimed at reducing microplastic pollution from tire wear, one of the largest sources of microplastics in the environment.
Tyre wear is a major contributor to global microplastic pollution, affecting air, soil, water, and wildlife as well as human health. In the European Union (EU), the latest Euro 7 regulation foresees the introduction of tyre abrasion limits covering all tyre categories, referring to two testing methods (convoy on road or laboratory drum) developed by the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29). In this study, we applied the convoy method adopted by the UNECE Working Group on Noise and Tyres (GRBP) as part of the UN Regulation 117 on tyre performance parameters. The method has been developed by the Task Force on Tyre Abrasion (TFTA) of the UNECE and involves vehicles driving on public roads for about 8000 km. Candidate and reference tyres are fitted in a convoy of up to four vehicles, and an abrasion index for each candidate tyre is determined as a ratio of the abrasion of the candidate and reference tyres. In our tests, in addition to the abrasion rate, we measured the tread depth reduction and defined a service life index (i.e., total mileage potential) without the need of a different methodology. The results from six summer and nine winter C1 class passenger car tyres of various sizes showed a wide range of abrasion rates and service life values. We also compared our results with values reported in the literature and on websites. The conclusions of this study are expected to support the ongoing discussion on limit setting for C1 tyres and the definition of a service life index.
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