Rolling out an airless tire technology is one thing. Selling it is another. Because while nonpneumatic tires may offer practicality from safety, reliability, sustainability and time management ...

Airless tires have been of great interest for military applications. ... Another boon of the technology is wear. Despite tire pressure monitors now being widespread, ...

Airless tires: Why you'll want this game-changing technology It's nearly 2022 and we have phones that survive water damage, folding digital screens and so much more.

Michelin needs all that data, because despite its more than 130 years making pneumatic tires, airless tires bring new challenges. “Airless technology is completely new in terms of design, in ...

One of the major modern players in this space is Hankook Tire, which began actively developing non-pneumatic tires in 2010, later unveiling the iFlex — its first official airless tire — in 2012.

The project is far from Bridgestone's first foray into the airless tire space. The company has been focused on nonpneumatic tire technology for more than a decade, starting with an airless bicycle ...

While airless tires have been fitted to anything from wheelbarrows to bicycles and even to heavy equipment, this technology has yet to hit the road or become a production part for your vehicle.

The tire maker has been testing airless tires in a number of kei cars and golf carts, but the obvious promise of such technology in hybrids and electric cars is due to the fact that it can shave ...

The notion of airless tires is nothing new. In fact, the very earliest "tires" were just bands of leather or steel. Lately, though, the concept of the non-pneumatic tire, or NPT, has been making ...

With Tweel, Michelin proved that the airless tire concept was more than viable. It works. And works well. Now, it's up to the industry overall to take the technology further—and make it even bigger.

For decades now, the military has been exploring airless tire technology to improve vehicle durability in combat zones. Airless tires offer tactical advantages, such as increased resistance to ...