A cut or torn tire usually means one thing — you have to buy a new one. But some day, that could change. For the first time, scientists have made tire-grade rubber without the processing ste... Read more
A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and a collaborator from China have developed a nanogenerator that harvests energy from a car’s rolling tire friction. An innovative... Read more
This breakthrough permits the salvaging of up to 40% of the discarded rubber for the manufacture of new tyres In partnership with the Dutch University of Groningen, Thai scientist Sitisaiyid... Read more
Riddle me this: how are dandelions, oranges and sunflowers related to car tires? These three items may be the future of tires and their production. Tire manufacturers are searching for alter... Read more
Tires underinflated by 10 percent is estimated to decrease tread life by nine to 16 percent. In the days before full-service gas stations went the way of the dodo, in addition to filling ‘er... Read more
Could reduce its use of petroleum-based oil by up to seven million gallons It’s good for the environment when manufacturers can find ways of using less fossil fuels, while consumers – along... Read more
The driver no longer has to think about adapting their tyres A team of German researchers from the University of Applied Sciences in Leipzig are developing an “intelligent” tire that automat... Read more
While it’s nice to hear that Goodyear is developing self-inflating tires for cars, where does that leave bicycle riders? Still pumping, presumably? Well, not if they’re running P... Read more
Goodyear has come up with an novel invention that it is announcing today: self-inflating tires. The tires have an inflation device inside each of them that would keep track of their inflatio... Read more