Time To Go Racing
Time To Go Racing
  • August 20, 2021

Automotive manufacturers in India noticed how popular the motorcycle racing segment was becoming and started investing in it. One such manufacturer is TVS Motor Company. They began in the 1980’s with their 50cc Mopeds crossing the finish line in 1st pla

Smart Tyres For Autonomous Trucks
Smart Tyres For Autonomous Trucks
  • August 20, 2021

Ready or not, autonomous vehicles (AVs) are on the way! The Level 5 autonomy, known as "anytime, anywhere" technology that can drive a vehicle under all conditions without a driver, is ways off. However, Level 4 autonomy is already here, enabling vehicles

Racing Tyres As A Branding Scheme
Racing Tyres As A Branding Scheme
  • August 20, 2021

The benefits of this are multiple. First of all, they don’t need to offer the full range of sizes to stake their claim as a racing tyre manufacturer. And I need to stress I’m talking about road car racing, not F1 racers, as those tyres are basically r

Globalisation: Thoughts Of A Bystander
Globalisation: Thoughts Of A Bystander
  • August 20, 2021

It was only many years later that we learnt about the atrocities and the inhuman ways the natives of the Amazon Valley were subjected to by the white barons to develop exporting of natural rubber to Europe to provide the main raw material for the automoti

Motor Sports Kenya – Moto Matata
Motor Sports Kenya – Moto Matata
  • August 20, 2021

Three Lions (Motif for English National Identity) Safari Rally (The Hare Race) Started initially as the Coronation rally in 1953, the Safari Rally was initiated whilst Queen Elizabeth was on her honeymoon in Kenya. It was later known as the East African R

Motorsports Are Where Tyre Technology Evolves
Motorsports Are Where Tyre Technology Evolves
  • August 20, 2021

Tyre research and development racing groups are working vigorously on new combinations of hardeners, fillers, polymers or fine-tuning design parameters. They are eagerly looking for ways to improve grip, durability, handling and comfort in wet or dry co