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The future of tires: THE TWEEL!!!!!! No air/inflation needed

ScoobMaster

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Story and PIC of TWEEL

What?s a future car without a future tire? Well, Michelin?s got us covered with a combination wheel and tire that doesn?t use air, making it impossible to go flat. The ?Tweel? uses flexible polyurethane spokes and promises to last two to three times longer than traditional radial tires, and when it does wear out it can simply be retreaded.

 
last two to three times longer than traditional radial tires, and when it does wear out it can simply be retreaded.
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Unfortunately, tire companies have about zero interest in this. Why produce a product people only need to buy once, when you can get money for a new set of rubbers every 3 or 4 years?
 
Originally posted by: Bateluer
I thought we were going to have hover cars and consumer level aircraft?
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Me, too. I was watching Blade Runner the other night and it was based in 2019. Only 14 years to go.
 
I do not see this making a real dent in the future, except if the tires are purpose buuilt for a specific car. Racecars and the like use air pressure to help control how the car handles in various conditions and track/course layouts. A tire like this would mean adjustments would have to be at the suspension harware level. Heck, even I use air pressure to control how the car handles, and how much load I can carry.
 
Originally posted by: brian_riendeau
last two to three times longer than traditional radial tires, and when it does wear out it can simply be retreaded.
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Unfortunately, tire companies have about zero interest in this. Why produce a product people only need to buy once, when you can get money for a new set of rubbers every 3 or 4 years?
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You mean tire companies like MICHELIN?
 
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
I do not see this making a real dent in the future, except if the tires are purpose buuilt for a specific car. Racecars and the like use air pressure to help control how the car handles in various conditions and track/course layouts. A tire like this would mean adjustments would have to be at the suspension harware level. Heck, even I use air pressure to control how the car handles, and how much load I can carry.
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The average driver doesn't ever check thier air pressure, and barely notices if they have a flat.
 
Originally posted by: brian_riendeau
last two to three times longer than traditional radial tires, and when it does wear out it can simply be retreaded.
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Unfortunately, tire companies have about zero interest in this. Why produce a product people only need to buy once, when you can get money for a new set of rubbers every 3 or 4 years?
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dumbass a tire company invented it.
 
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
I do not see this making a real dent in the future, except if the tires are purpose buuilt for a specific car. Racecars and the like use air pressure to help control how the car handles in various conditions and track/course layouts. A tire like this would mean adjustments would have to be at the suspension harware level. Heck, even I use air pressure to control how the car handles, and how much load I can carry.
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The average woman doesn't ever check thier air pressure, and barely notices if they have a flat.
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Fixed for ya
 
notfred: the average drivers is much like the average computer owner. They don't know how it works, why it works, and they don't care either. As long as it get them from point A to point B and looks good (read: enlarge thier penis) it's good. I saw a guy that other day that was driving around normally on a tire that was dead flat. It had to have been making some noise as the rim was seperated from the road only by the sidewall that was folded in half.

I notice when a tire is a PSI off, I notice when something is acting odd on my PC. But the average owner has no f'ing clue.
 
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
I do not see this making a real dent in the future, except if the tires are purpose buuilt for a specific car. Racecars and the like use air pressure to help control how the car handles in various conditions and track/course layouts. A tire like this would mean adjustments would have to be at the suspension harware level. Heck, even I use air pressure to control how the car handles, and how much load I can carry.
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The average driver doesn't ever check thier air pressure, and barely notices if they have a flat.
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This is very true and i agree entirely with what you say. I have seen so many cars just even going to the local gorcery store that have severly underinflated tires, and the wear pattern shows it. I sometimes wonder how people don't notice it when driving on the freeway, at speeds of 60mph and more!
 
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
This is very true and i agree entirely with what you say. I have seen so many cars just even going to the local gorcery store that have severly underinflated tires, and the wear pattern shows it. I sometimes wonder how people don't notice it when driving on the freeway, at speeds of 60mph and more!
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They notice it when thier Ford Explorer flips over after they jerk the wheel back and forth. Until then, it's all good.
 
Unfortunately, tire companies have about zero interest in this. Why produce a product people only need to buy once, when you can get money for a new set of rubbers every 3 or 4 years?



You mean tire companies like MICHELIN?
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*gasp* Your powers of observation are simply amazing! Now go sit tight and think this is anything more than a tech demo, and not a song and dance by Michelin to get some good poress.
 
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
This is very true and i agree entirely with what you say. I have seen so many cars just even going to the local gorcery store that have severly underinflated tires, and the wear pattern shows it. I sometimes wonder how people don't notice it when driving on the freeway, at speeds of 60mph and more!
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They notice it when thier Ford Explorer flips over after they jerk the wheel back and forth. Until then, it's all good.
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How could you use that example and not say Ford Exploder ? 😕
 
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
I do not see this making a real dent in the future, except if the tires are purpose buuilt for a specific car. Racecars and the like use air pressure to help control how the car handles in various conditions and track/course layouts. A tire like this would mean adjustments would have to be at the suspension harware level. Heck, even I use air pressure to control how the car handles, and how much load I can carry.
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I would think that those kind of adjustments could be made by having different sets of tires with different characteristics of the polyurethane spokes, ie more or less flexible.
 
Originally posted by: oneshot47
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
I do not see this making a real dent in the future, except if the tires are purpose buuilt for a specific car. Racecars and the like use air pressure to help control how the car handles in various conditions and track/course layouts. A tire like this would mean adjustments would have to be at the suspension harware level. Heck, even I use air pressure to control how the car handles, and how much load I can carry.
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I would think that those kind of adjustments could be made by having different sets of tires with different characteristics of the polyurethane spokes, ie more or less flexible.
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Ok let me ask you this, what takes up less space, and would cost less, air or a whole new tire? That would be a whole lot of inventory for a race team to carry just for a single season. I do not ever see this making it to the race world.

In the consumer level, perhaps, but even then, how would adjustments be made for load, and the like? A new set of tires?
 
I saw this. It was developed really close to where I live in SC.

I'll be interested to see how this performs in the long run.
 
Meh - every couple of years something comes along like this, promising to revolutionize the industry - and does it? nope.
 
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