In commercial fleet management, purchase price is a vanity metric; Cost Per Kilometer (CPK) is financial reality. Transporters who buy cheap tyres often discover their CPK is 35% higher than fleets investing in premium casings coupled with precision retreads.
The CPK Formula
CPK = (Purchase Price + Maintenance & Repair Costs) / Total Kilometers Delivered
Consider a new premium 295/80 R22.5 tyre costing ₹24,000 that delivers 120,000 KM. Its virgin CPK is ₹0.20 per km.
Now, retread that casing with ChakraPlus HighwayHaul HD for ₹6,500, delivering another 110,000 KM. The combined CPK becomes:
(₹24,000 + ₹6,500) / (120,000 + 110,000) = ₹30,500 / 230,000 = ₹0.132 per km
Retread it a second time for another ₹6,500 and 100,000 KM, and your cumulative CPK drops to just ₹0.112 per km—a monumental 44% cost reduction across the fleet's entire operational footprint!