Bridgestone Americas has announced the debut of Firestone’s latest tires featuring ENLITEN Technology, the all-new Transforce HT3 and CV2. Engineered for commercial highway vehicles, Firestone’s latest fleet tires are designed to deliver wet-weather performance, low-speed refinement, high-speed handling and wear life.
Both Transforce HT3 and CV2 maximize wear performance to help improve sustainability over the life of the tire.
The Transforce HT3 and CV2 tires were each created to cater to different facets of the commercial highway tire market. The HT3 tire is for heavy-duty trucks while the CV2 tire is for last-mile delivery vans. The hardwearing tires share several commonalities, including construction and tread pattern, while broadening the Transforce line with features like sidewall design and tread compound for specific use cases.
“Our goal for the Firestone Transforce HT3 and CV2 tires was to create two surefooted commercial highway tires that hold up to the strenuous duties of fleet service while focusing on a quiet and long riding experience,” said Jeremy Norwood, chief engineer, Consumer Replacement Product Engineering. “Transforce HT3 and CV2 deliver the performance that fleet managers expect—so much so that they won’t even think about the tire.”
HD Trucks
Offered in LT sizing, the Transforce HT3 tire is designed for heavy-duty trucks with a high rim diameter between 16 and 20 in. It features an off-shoulder sidewall design with noise abatement. The Transforce HT3 tire’s tread compound emphasizes traction, durability, year-round use and hauling and towing.
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Additional engineering features of the Firestone Transforce HT3 tire include:
- Reliable Wear: Built with Firestone’s new compound designed to help resist irregular wear, the Transforce HT3 also features a tread pattern reinforced with interlocking 3D sipes to help provide uniform stiffness and resiliency that fights irregular wear, even when loaded.
- Dependable Wet Traction: Transforce HT3 features open shoulder slots and a high see-through void to accelerate water evacuation from the pattern and improve wet performance, even when loaded.
Last Mile Delivery
Offered in EURO-C and LT sizing, the Transforce CV2 tire is more highway focused and engineered for last-mile delivery vehicles. It includes a sidewall defense rib for added durability and chip-tear resistance and its lowered shoulder-slot angle improves snow traction. The Transforce CV2 tire delivers extended wear life as one of its objectives.
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Additional engineering features of the Firestone Transforce CV2 tire include:
- Reliable Treadwear: The Transforce CV2 features Firestone’s long-wearing compound plus a tread pattern built to resist irregular wear. Strategically placed interlocking sipes help uniform tread stiffness and resiliency throughout the pattern.
- Reinforced Sidewall Durability: The Transforce CV2 features a sidewall defense rib designed for added durability and chip-tear resistance.
- Wet and Winter Traction*: An open shoulder design and high see-through void help accelerate water away from the tread pattern for wet performance. Interlocking sipes help add dependable winter traction.
- Rolling Resistance: The Transforce CV2 is built to address rolling resistance, even in stop-and-start delivery applications.
* The Transforce CV2 tire is a comercial highway tire. It is not a dedicated winter tire.
