Michelin has been working with General Motors to develop airless tires that will be sold on a next-generation Chevrolet Bolt electric car, expected to go on sale in the next few years, a Michelin ...

Other airless tires, he said, often carry the load at the bottom of the tire, which is very inefficient and causes extra heating due to compression. Uptis is not Michelin's first airless concept tire.

Michelin has teamed with General Motors to target a 2024 production goal for airless tires. The tires, called Uptis, will have several benefits over radial tubeless tires and will debut for ...

Defender LTX Platinum: The new heavyweight aimed at luxury pickups. It claims double the tread life of the previous LTX M/S, ...

Cron says he’s been working on the new airless Michelin tire for 20 years, with the latest UPTIS version arriving as an evolution of the older Tweel design, which was used on tractors.

Michelin, GMC Developing Airless Tire To Eliminate Flats, Blowouts. June 6, 2019 / 11:48 AM EDT / CBS Detroit ... Michelin hopes the new tire will be available for purchase beginning in 2024.

The tire itself is a 26-inch airless radial tire, and there's no need for any system to maintain air pressure. There is no air pressure. You don't have to worry about getting a flat.

We've been reporting on Michelin's airless tire technology for more than 16 years now, and the company has finally put them on a demo passenger car for members of the public to experience what ...

Michelin is opening a factory that will focus on making airless tyres that don’t get punctures. The $50 million plant will be used to make the 'Tweels', which bring together the tyre and the ...

An airless tire may not be for you The Michelin Uptis Prototype is tested on a Chevrolet Bolt EV Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at the General Motors Milford Proving Ground in Milford, Michigan.

Michelin has been working with General Motors to develop airless tires that will be sold on a next-generation Chevrolet Bolt electric car, expected to go on sale in the next few years, a Michelin ...