Originally Posted by wdn
That isn't the same tread pattern as the Hankook Dynapro though.
It is very close. In western culture, it's taboo to directly copy things like that. I just don't know about Asian culture in this area. I suppose they think it's fine to xerox copy other people's work and IP. Western engineers are kind of shocked every time this happens.
Originally Posted by wdn
I don't know whether LingLong tires are any good.
The news on them hasn't been good over the last few years. Maybe they will catch up to a decent Michelin or Goodyear, etc., but they have to prove their performance. .... That said, I see where U.S. long haul truckers use LingLongs: They are half the price as Goodyears! Not kidding, half the price ( 445/50R-22.5 example, $500 LingLongs vs. twice that for Goodyears). They must be durable enough if truckers are using it and not generating road gators too much with them.
Truckers would know if Chinese tires become these excessively:
Originally Posted by wdn
China can build nuclear submarines and orbiting space stations but somehow cannot make tire rubber? I really don't think so. What have they done in the last 10 years? Well for one thing China now builds more than half the world's automobiles. And now they own Volvo too. https://www.lubrizoladditives360.com/acea-oil-sequences-china/
Very disturbing. A lot of extra planetary pollution, and support for the autocracy's military....
That isn't the same tread pattern as the Hankook Dynapro though.
It is very close. In western culture, it's taboo to directly copy things like that. I just don't know about Asian culture in this area. I suppose they think it's fine to xerox copy other people's work and IP. Western engineers are kind of shocked every time this happens.
Originally Posted by wdn
I don't know whether LingLong tires are any good.
The news on them hasn't been good over the last few years. Maybe they will catch up to a decent Michelin or Goodyear, etc., but they have to prove their performance. .... That said, I see where U.S. long haul truckers use LingLongs: They are half the price as Goodyears! Not kidding, half the price ( 445/50R-22.5 example, $500 LingLongs vs. twice that for Goodyears). They must be durable enough if truckers are using it and not generating road gators too much with them.
Truckers would know if Chinese tires become these excessively:
Originally Posted by wdn
China can build nuclear submarines and orbiting space stations but somehow cannot make tire rubber? I really don't think so. What have they done in the last 10 years? Well for one thing China now builds more than half the world's automobiles. And now they own Volvo too. https://www.lubrizoladditives360.com/acea-oil-sequences-china/
Very disturbing. A lot of extra planetary pollution, and support for the autocracy's military....