Next Big Thing – airless tires

next big thing bridgestone airless tires

Airless tires? You’ll be praising wingless planes next
Steady on – these aren’t punctured rubber rings that have seen better days. Bridgestone has invented a form of tire that uses a fancy thermoplastic resin as an internal support structure instead of air.

In English please?
Sigh. Instead of being filled with air, the tires will have solid spokes to support the weight of your vehicle, meaning no more punctures, no more flat tires and no more pressure checks. A simple yet elegant solution, don’t you think?

I see no downside to this
Neither do we, apart from the fact that the design needs to be tweaked to avoid pesky items getting stuck in the spokes. Currently being trialled in electric carts, we hope that these fancy tires will be making their rounds in the not-so-distant future.

Comments

reggdev

1 year ago

So does that mean that with the new tires we won't have to change our car tires anymore? This is a breakthrough, I ca see that and I hope that they'll be able to launch the product on the market, I am already so curious about it. Until I'll get the chance to test this kind of tires I'll just rely on the conventional tires for sale Langhorne.