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Thanks. Second comment: """ I am an engineer working in the tire industry (throwaway is needed here). The Michelin "Tweel" IP was actually acquired when Miche
by ableal 5y ago
Thanks. Second comment:
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I am an engineer working in the tire industry (throwaway is needed here). The Michelin "Tweel" IP was actually acquired when Michelin bought BF Goodrich 31 years ago. Goodrich developed the concept as a replacement for compact spare tires, doing the initial R&D in the 1980s. Every 3--5 years Michelin has a press release like this, and the technology is always 3--5 years away from release. Currently the US DOT and it's equivalents abroad are still in the rulemaking phase regarding airfree technologies, so there's that, too.
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- mcguire 5y agoWhich brings up the one ideal use for these that hasn't been mentioned: spare tires, if you can make them narrower with the same load capacity.