: a much-branched composite shrub (Parthenium argentatum) of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. that has been cultivated as a source of rubber
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Those tires contained guayule, part of an agrarian prototype effort from Bridgestone, the supplier of spec tires for that series.
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Tim Stevens, The Verge, 17 Nov. 2023
Virtually every tire manufacturer is making at least token efforts to increase the usage of sustainable materials like guayule.
—Tim Stevens, The Verge, 17 Nov. 2023
Bridgestone grows guayule for its tires in Arizona.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2023
The Firestone Firehawk guayule tire is partially composed of a new sustainable natural rubber that comes from the guayule shrub that requires less reharvesting that traditional rubber sources.
—Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Apr. 2022
Bridgestone will make more than 1,900 guayule tires for IndyCar races this year.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2023
This woody desert shrub called guayule could be coming to a tire near you before too long.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2023
Instead of sourcing the material from rubber trees in Southeast Asia, the new tires, which debuted last August at the Music City Grand Prix in Nashville, are made from guayule, a shrubby low-water-use plant found in the deserts of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
Bridgestone has been looking at guayule as an alternative for a little over a decade now.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2023
Tim Stevens, The Verge, 17 Nov. 2023
Virtually every tire manufacturer is making at least token efforts to increase the usage of sustainable materials like guayule.
—Tim Stevens, The Verge, 17 Nov. 2023
Bridgestone grows guayule for its tires in Arizona.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2023
The Firestone Firehawk guayule tire is partially composed of a new sustainable natural rubber that comes from the guayule shrub that requires less reharvesting that traditional rubber sources.
—Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Apr. 2022
Bridgestone will make more than 1,900 guayule tires for IndyCar races this year.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2023
This woody desert shrub called guayule could be coming to a tire near you before too long.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2023
Instead of sourcing the material from rubber trees in Southeast Asia, the new tires, which debuted last August at the Music City Grand Prix in Nashville, are made from guayule, a shrubby low-water-use plant found in the deserts of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
Bridgestone has been looking at guayule as an alternative for a little over a decade now.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2023
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guayule
noun
gua·yu·le
(g)wī-ˈü-lē 
: a low shrubby plant related to the daisies that is found in Mexico and the southwestern U.S. and has been grown as a source of rubber
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