Cooper Tires has lately agreed to supply tailored tires for EVCARD, an electric car renting company based in Shanghai, the American tire giant has announced.
With EVCARD, a driver can fetch and return a car at any rental lot after booking it at any time.
Cooper Tires has actively carried out research on the design and development of electric car tires, as the environment-friendly new energy technology is becoming a hot trend of the car industry.
The ECO C1 tire for EVCARD came out under independent R&D and design of the Asia-Pacific Tech Centre of Cooper Tires based in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, east China.
Both the resistance to rolling and adhesion to wet surface of the ECO C1 tire reach the B-level standard of Europe.
The ECO C1 tire won the prize of Fuel-efficient King and the prize of Green Design in 2016.