New Wheel/Tire design by Michelin...
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New Wheel/Tire design by Michelin...
Might be a repost but first time I saw these. Not sure if it's real or not but someone just reinvented the wheel.
Sorry for not posting a TL but I don't know how to photochop.
Wave of the future? No worrying about punctures, air loss, valves/stems, and other problems associated with current tire setup.
Sorry for not posting a TL but I don't know how to photochop.
Wave of the future? No worrying about punctures, air loss, valves/stems, and other problems associated with current tire setup.
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These have been around for awhile now, I think I saw pic/video of these about a year ago. I think they are great for military use on humvees or other applications where function outweighs aesthetics, but as far as putting them on my car, they are far too ugly, lol
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These have been around for awhile now, I think I saw pic/video of these about a year ago. I think they are great for military use on humvees or other applications where function outweighs aesthetics, but as far as putting them on my car, they are far too ugly, lol
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These tires are called the tweel (part tire part wheel, hence t-wheel). They consist of a hub and tire assembly. The tires we have on our cars now provide grip for many reasons, one of which being that they act as a kind of spring/damper system. In our case the damping material is air. The tweel uses a set of ribs that connect the tire's traction surface to its hub. These ribs are the subject of intensive materials research at Michelin and are designed to allow people to have a tire that will never go flat, and can be designed to have different amounts of "give" for different applications with different weight or traction requirements. They have been around for about three years now as far as R&D is concerned, but I don’t know when the ETA for them to hit the market is. Sorry for the long windedness, but I was working for them as a college intern when they were developing these.
Edit: I forgot to mention that the ribs are exposed merely to show the technology, these tires could have be made with a sidewall at some poitn if they ever hit production.
Edit: I forgot to mention that the ribs are exposed merely to show the technology, these tires could have be made with a sidewall at some poitn if they ever hit production.
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