I understand that carbon is black so we end up with black tires. But black has max conductivity, so wouldn’t there be a possibility of overheating and bursting? Why don’t we have coat it with coloring agents so it’s with a color that’s thermally less conductive?
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Way back it the aughts, I worked for an ad agency with Michelin as a client, and when we asked this very question, in addition to the answer already mentioned about vulcanized rubber processing, they said that other colors just get really dirty really fast, and they look terrible when they are dirty.
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