Continental successfully tests first dandelion rubber tyres

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Continental has produced a small batch of its ContiWinterContact TS 850 P tyres with treads made exclusively of rubber from the dandelion root, for testing. In drives at test sites in Arividsjaur (Swedish Lapland) and at the Contidrom (Lower Saxony), the tyres made of 'Taraxagum' demonstrated properties expected by developers.