Electric-car-range anxiety is a real thing. No one wants to be stranded with an empty battery. A new tire concept by Goodyear tries to help the problem, a way to charge an electric car while going down the road. Continue reading… “Charging electric cars on the go with heat-gathering concept tire”
Michelin announces it will mass-produce the Tweel airless tire
Tweel airless tire
Michelin is the first company that will start mass-producing an airless radial tire, known as the Tweel. The Tweel can never go flat and never be punctured, and after talking about it for a decade Michelin is finally going to start making it in quantities. (Video)
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eMembrane – shape-shifting car tires
eMembrane
Some of today’s best models of all-season tires can be disappointing, but you’ll be particularly impressed by the eMembrane Tire. In many parts of the world, it’s frustrating to change over your wheels twice a year, but this system can alter shape instantly and without effort.
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Giant South Carolina tire dump visible from space
South Carolina tire dump so large it is visible from space.
The giant pile of hundreds of thousands of tires isn’t easy to spot from the ground, sitting in a rural South Carolina clearing accessible by only a circuitous dirt path that winds through thick patches of trees. No one knows how all those tires got there, or when. (Pics)
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