The editors of Popular Science selected the Michelin Premier A/S tire as one of the Top 100 innovations of 2014.
Named to the magazine’s annual Best of What’s New list in the Automotive category, the tire features an evolving tread design and high-traction rubber compound to deliver better wet grip.
“The Premier A/S reflects our continued commitment to staying on the leading edge of research and development,” Scott Clark, chief operating officer of Michelin North America’s passenger and light truck tire division, said in a release.
The magazine editors wrote, “Adapting to consumer behavior, Michelin designed grooves that widen over time (the opposite of most tires) as well as grooves that emerge as the tire wears down. The Premier A/S is also built from a new high-silica compound that provides better traction in the rain.”
