The Ohio-based Smart Tire Company has unveiled its shape memory airless bicycle tires called METL, utilizing cutting-edge technology originally developed by NASA. These never-go-flat airless tires are ...

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 ...

Airless tires (also known as non-pneumatic tires) are exactly what they sound like: tires that don't depend on air pressure to hold their shape or support the vehicle's weight. Unlike traditional ...

We've been reporting on Michelin's airless tire technology for more than 16 years now. Indeed, the first time we wrote about the "Tweel" back in 2005, it quickly became the most popular story ever for ...

The idea of an airless tire holds tremendous possibility, with obvious advantages over the common pneumatic version. No longer would a small puncture create a flat and halt the movement of a vehicle, ...

Airless Tires are coming in 2024, and by then, they would be commercially available to passenger cars that would come out of the dealership (depending on their deals and partnerships) and in the ...

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 testing on ...

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 ...

(CNN) — 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 ...