Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards: New Non-Pneumatic Tires for Passenger Cars; Tire Selection and Rims; Tire Selection and Rims for Motor Vehicles Other than Passenger Cars; Tire Identification and Recordkeeping

Resumen

This notice terminates a rulemaking proceeding in which NHTSA proposed to rescind the Federal motor vehicle safety standard (Standard) establishing performance and labeling requirements for non- pneumatic spare tires on new passenger cars. The notice further proposed to rescind related portions of several other tire standards and regulations. The basis for the proposed rescission was that non- pneumatic spare tires were not being produced and that there were not any known plans to develop or produce any. However, a comment on the notice revealed that non-pneumatic spare tires are in fact under development. In light of that comment, and since retention of the non-pneumatic tire provisions is necessary not only to regulate these tires, but also to provide an exception to the general requirement that new passenger cars and light trucks be equipped with pneumatic tires, the agency has decided to terminate this rulemaking action.