Michelin has partnered with La Poste and will equip vehicles of the French postal service with its new generation Uptis airless tires. The Uptis will be used to deliver letters and parcels in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France by the end of 2024. This is the first time that Aptis has been adopted in Europe after Asia. The Aptis...
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has developed and begun testing airless tire technology for use in autonomous robotic vehicles created by Starship Technologies Inc. A venture company funded by Goodyear Ventures, Starship Technologies is focused on development and network management for autonomous robotic vehicles to be used in the likes of home deliveries and food delivery. With this latest effort,...
Toyo Tire Corp. (TYO:5105) has been hard at work with development of Noair, a sixth generation of the company’s airless tire technology. The company recently showed off the new tire’s capabilities to media at a test drive event. Unlike conventional tires, which are filled with air to help them bear weight and absorb road impacts, Noair has no such need....
Michelin Group and General Motors Co. (GM) recently announced that they have developed the Michelin Uptis Prototype, a new generation of airless wheel technology for passenger cars. The companies presented this prototype at the Movin’On Summit for 2019, a recent event aimed at achieving more sustainable mobility on a global level. Michelin and GM are continuing to conduct joint R&D...
French-based Michelin Group and U.S.-based General Motors Co. (GM) have jointly developed the Michelin Uptis Prototype, a new prototype airless tire. The two companies intend to continue their research on this going forward, with the aim of outfitting the tires on GM passenger cars by as early as 2024. These developments come as airless tires garner increasing attention as a...
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5105) launched a special website on April 3 to showcase the technology of its near-future airless concept tire, the Noair. By making fundamental changes to the structure of its past prototypes, Toyo Tires has drastically improved the Noair’s performance in several metrics, including durability, exterior noise levels and fuel efficiency. The company has successfully...
