Airless Tires Coming Soon
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Airless Tires Coming Soon
Developed by Resilient Tech for the Military, then embraced by Michelin and due soon on the market. No more blowouts, air compressors, spare tires, roadside service.
Made in South Carolina. Look for them in August.
Made in South Carolina. Look for them in August.
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Either way though... they've been around for a while, and until they handle NVH and rolling resistance as well as radial tires, they'll never get anywhere in the market.
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Michelin was the first tire manufacturer to announce an airless tire in 2005, the so-called 'Tweel'. Others have followed since and Resilient made their announcement in 2008. None of the airless tire design are commercially available today, at least not for passenger cars. In October 2012, Michelin did launch a version of their Tweel which is aimed at the skid steer market.
The major technical hurdles in putting any of the current non-pneumatic tire designs on passenger cars are noise and vibration at high speeds, not rolling resistance. At lot of useful information on airless tires is found here.
The major technical hurdles in putting any of the current non-pneumatic tire designs on passenger cars are noise and vibration at high speeds, not rolling resistance. At lot of useful information on airless tires is found here.