Apollo Tyres introduces Apollo Amazer XP tyres

Apollo Tyres has introduced Amazer XP tyres that are said to be BS6 compliant and also electric vehicle ready. The company says that the new tyres come with best-in-class rolling resistance co-efficient and have been thoroughly tested.

The company says that these will cater to the eco-friendly and fuel-efficient space of passenger vehicles which is a fast-emerging segment. 

The newly introduced Apollo Amazer XP tyres have been designed and developed with learnings of two Global R&D Centres in Enschede, the Netherlands and in Chennai. 

A cross-functional team comprising members from the R&D, Manufacturing, Service, Business Quality and Marketing has made it to the delivery. These new tyres by Apollo are being produced at the company’s manufacturing facility in Oragadam, Tamil Nadu and Limda, Gujarat.

 The said tyres have already got OE approval for the likes of cars like Tata Tigor EV, Renault Kwid, Hyundai Grand i10, Datsun Go & Go+. 

Apollo Tyres says that it is on the look out to cater the eco-friendly and fuel efficient market space of approximately 2 lakh tyres a month.

The company has launched the tyre in seven sizes today and says that five more sizes would be introduced in Phase 2. 

The sizes being released are below and these can be fitted in the following cars:

· 145/80 R12 (Alto), 155/16 R14 (WagonR, WagonR Stingray), 165/70 R14 (Kwid, Datsun, Celerio, Go, Go+, Micra), 165/80 R14 (Swift, Altroz) 175/65 R14 (Tigor, Bolt, Zest, Amaze, Etios, Brio),185/65 R14 (i20, Old Verna) and 185/70 R14 (Swift, Old DZire, Verito)

Commenting on the launch of the new tyres, Satish Sharma, President, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa (APMEA), Apollo Tyres Ltd said that the Apollo Amazer XP tyres are the new-age fuel efficient tyres for the electric age, which is BS6 ready. 

He added that this eco-friendly tyre is another small contribution from Apollo towards a greener and sustainable future. Moreover, the number of OE fitment approvals that the company has received within a short span of time for these tyres, is a testimony to the superb performance one can expect from these tyres. He said that Apollo is already looking at dominating the passenger EV space in India with these tyres.