SALT LAKE CITY — Manufacturers are working to perfect airless tires in hopes of making flats a thing of the past. Airless tires could improve road safety and benefit the environment, according to ...

GM patents a detailed design for a non-pneumatic, airless wheel that could end flat tires. We break down how its structural ...

A tire made completely of sustainably sourced, bio-based, renewable and recycled materials. and Michelin have journeyed to develop and implement airless tire solutions. This story is part of a larger ...

There is something about this moment. Something about the technology, innovation, materials and insights. Something is happening and it's leaving the tire industry—or at least some of its ...

Michelin built its name on tires that ride on a cushion of air. But the top tire-maker in the world sees the future as completely airless. “We are convinced at Michelin that airless is the future ...

What is the best use of a used tire? Make tires out of it, of course. Remember the crumb rubber PPC experiment by the Garage 54 team from Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia, a few weeks ago? They took the ...

God and my readers know how much I miss spare tires. I strongly believe battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have no excuse to avoid bringing them back and that the only acceptable option other than spare ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — While most of the various tire makers' work on developing a viable non-pneumatic tire/wheel unit is focused on industrial or passenger-car applications, Bridgestone Americas Inc. is ...

This is the third of three stories examining the differing approaches each of the world's three largest tire makers—Michelin, Bridgestone and Goodyear—have taken in their journeys to develop and ...

Two years ago, we heard how the Ohio-based Smart Tire Company was developing shape memory airless bicycle tires. Well, the resulting Metl tires can now be purchased via – you guessed it – a ...