Report

Consumer Label for Tyres in Europe

March 1, 2008

A report into the feasibility of a European consumer tyre label for noise, rolling resistance and safety. Report by Ulf Sandberg of the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI).

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It is commonly agreed that we need to urgently turn or strengthen some environ- ment trends in our society to avoid a future climate disaster. Most obviously, this applies to CO₂ emissions from road traffic, something which is strongly related to rolling resistance. One would look for methods to faster obtain a reduction in rolling resistance than the present methods provide. Consumer interest and selec- tions based on objective information may be such a method.

In this report, it is emphasized that similar advantages as for rolling resistance and fuel consumption apply to noise emission from road traffic.

This report has the following objectives:

To examining the feasibility of a multi-criteria consumer / quality label for tyres, including tyre/road noise, rolling resistance (fuel efficiency) and safety aspects.
To play an active role in the process of developing the concept and engaging key stakeholders.

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