Beyond the extreme

Beyond the Extreme: Taraxagum, the sustainable rubber alternative

Car tires grow on trees? Kind of! Maybe in future, they will also grow in flowering meadows. Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky finds out how dandelion roots could become an alternative source of natural rubber.

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#ExtremeE | Beyond The Extreme | Episode 11: Taraxagum, Part 1

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About Extreme E

Continental is a Founding Partner of Extreme E, a new race series setting new milestones in eMobility performance and safety.

Join professional racing driver Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky in a series of short films as she goes behind the scenes for this revolutionary racing series.

Behind the scenes of Extreme E, the new race series pushing the boundaries of eMobility.

Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky in conversation with some of the passionate professionals who are making Extreme E a reality.

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Almost every third car in Europe is delivered
with tires from Continental.

Multi award winning tires

653 tests from 2007 until end of 2018

511 times we have received the highest recommendation.

New test results

EcoContact™ 6 PremiumContact™ 6

Figures that speak for themselves.

500.000

samples per year of materials evaluated

200

million kilometers during durability and high-speed tests

million test kilometers during passenger vehicle tests

250.000

tires

890

testers

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