Tire maker Hankook is further expanding its original equipment commitment to the Stuttgart sports car manufacturer and, with its specially developed Ventus S1 evo 3 ev e-tires, is now also supplying the new Porsche Taycan, the first all-electric sports car from Porsche AG.
Premium tire maker Hankook is contributing to the Porsche Taycan with its Ventus S1 evo 3 ev, which has been specially developed for the needs of electric vehicles. In the size 225/55R19 XL 103Y on the front axle, 275/45R19 XL 108Y on the rear axle and “NF0” on the sidewall, the Ventus S1 evo 3 ev hides a lot of technical refinements that bring the performance of electronically driven sports cars optimally onto the road.
Hyunjun Cho, Head of Hankook OE Division stated that, they were proud to equip the first fully electric sports car from Porsche with their tires. Providing the original equipment for sporty premium vehicles was already a tradition at Hankook. The company’s engineers have shown that with their products they are well prepared for the new demands in the field of electric sports cars and are therefore well positioned for the future.
The tread pattern of the Ventus S1 evo 3 was adapted in the ev version for Porsche in such a way that it reduces in particular those tire noises which may be perceived as annoying in the vehicle interior due to the absence of engine noise by about three decibels. To meet the heavy demands of the high performance of electric sports cars, the tire has a reinforced bead with so-called bead-packing technology, as well as high lateral stiffness for precise handling even at high speeds.
Moonhwa Hong, Vice President of OE Development Department at Hankook commented that, with the tire development for the Porsche Taycan, their development team had moved into a completely new dimension and were proud of the results. For the original equipment engineers, such a development project represented a special challenge – because solving the conflict of objectives for optimizing the various performance criteria in an e-vehicle like this high-performance sports car required the highest level of expertise and the latest technologies.
To meet the specific demands of an electric vehicle such as the Porsche Taycan, Hankook’s developers have also discovered an optimally balanced vulcanization process for the tire compound that ensures the right balance of temperature, time expenditure and pressure. As a result, Ventus S1 evo 3 ev achieves 30% greater durability compared to a standard tread compound. Abrasion resistance has been improved by 5% compared to the conventional model and rolling resistance has been improved by 13% overall.
