Apollo Tyres on Thursday launched an advanced cross ply lug tyre for commercial vehicles.

The new XT-100HD tyre offers the best of both, load carrying capacity and mileage, while ensuring the most durable casing in the industry, the company said in a release.

Satish Sharma, President, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa (APMEA), Apollo Tyres Ltd, said, “With the introduction of XT-100HD in truck-bus cross ply lug design category, we are confident of setting a new benchmark in performance in the load and mileage segment. To continue with our leadership in the commercial vehicle segment, it is important for us to have such differentiating products, which is compliant with the revised axle load norms as well in India.”

According to Apollo Tyres, the new range comes with a heavy-duty casing with a new high strength nylon fabric that offers the best in class load carrying capacity. The durability of the casing has also been enhanced with the new heat ageing resistant compound and tyre cavity (HEART) technology, which ensures cooler running of tyres and withstands all applications, offering the best residual casing for retreadability.

The tread has been designed using the company’s in-house Modular Matrix Tread (MMT) technology, with reinforced compounds and high tread rubber mass, that delivers the highest mileage in its segment, the company added.