MICHELIN® X One Tire® In the 1990s, Fuel Costs and Freight Efficiency were becoming ever more important in the Trucking Industry… Trucking Fleets Were Asking For

Weight Savings

Fuel Savings

Michelin Had The Vision To Take Commercial Truck Tires To The Next Level

Development Of The MICHELIN® X One® Tire Viable Way To Replace Duals

Reducing

Overall Weight Of The Truck

Rolling Resistance

From Vision To Reality: Tire Design

The MICHELIN® X One® Casing Architecture introduced the first zero degree circumferential belt in a production truck tire

Infini-Coil™ Technology ¼ mile of steel cable helps eliminate casing growth and maintain a consistent footprint for even wear

Patented Infini-Coil™ Technology

From Vision To Reality Manufacturing Adjustments

Processes

Materials

Equipment

Training

Mounted Assembly Program

Truck Design Changes

Intense collaboration with Michelin

Changes in truck design and production

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Not Only Did Michelin Revolutionize The Industry With The MICHELIN® X One® Tire…

We Kept Evolving It

Developing MICHELIN X One tires for every truck application

Bringing new technologies into the tire, such as Matrix Siping™

Lowering rolling resistance levels

Over 10 Years Of NGWBS Innovation In New Tires …

MICHELIN® X ONE® XTA®

MICHELIN® X ONE® XDA®

MICHELIN® X ONE® XDA® Energy

MICHELIN® X ONE® XDA-HT®

MICHELIN® X ONE® XTE®

MICHELIN® X ONE® XZY3®

MICHELIN® X ONE® XDN2®

MICHELIN® X ONE® XZU®S

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Over 10 Years Of NGWBS Innovation And In Retreads MICHELIN®

X ONE® XTA® Pre-Mold™ Retread

MICHELIN® X ONE® XDA®

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MICHELIN® X ONE® XTE®

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MICHELIN® X ONE® XDA-HT® Pre-Mold™ Retread

MICHELIN® X ONE® XZU®S

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MICHELIN® X ONE® XDN2®

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MICHELIN® X ONE® LINE™ ENERGY D

Pre-Mold™ Retread

The MICHELIN® X One® Journey

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