Business
Simulating how a tire's tread, rubber and size respond to a road's corners, angles and hills, Sandia National Laboratories and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. have developed a virtual means of showing a tire's performance ...
Feb 2, 2021
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Goodyear recently unveiled a tire concept that could revolutionize the auto industry. Dubbed reCharge, this concept tire would never require replacements or rotations because it regenerates its tread as needed.
Mar 5, 2020
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Engineering
Some golf carts and lawnmowers already use airless tires and at least one major tire company produces a non-pneumatic automotive tire, but we still have long way to go before they are on every vehicle that comes off the assembly ...
Jan 24, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Tires that recover energy as they roll made numerous headlines this week as tech watchers explored Sumitomo's concept.
Hi Tech & Innovation
(Tech Xplore)—Many drivers could use a reminder that ignoring or neglecting tire care is not an option. Mike Hanlon, New Atlas: "It's remarkable but true that most of the cars in any given carpark have incorrectly inflated ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
(Tech Xplore)—Michelin has let the world know of its concept tire and it does raise the idea of tires to a higher level.
Engineering
In 2011, Wired.co.uk reported that inventor Benjamin Krempel has an interesting idea for those who ride bicycles and would prefer not to be hassled with pumping their tires every few weeks.
