See Through Tires From Michelin

sary · 9th April 2012, 11:34

Hi Folks,

Came across this brilliant forward. Resilient Tech has been developing these tyres for the military. These radical new tires are made in South Carolina, USA by Michelin. They had a pair at the Philadelphia car show on display.

These tires are airless and are scheduled to be out on the market very soon.
The bad news for law enforcement is that spike strips will not work on these.

Just think of the impact on existing technology:
A. No more air valves
B. No more air compressors at gas stations
C. No more repair kits
D. No more flats
These are actual pictures taken at the South Carolina plant of Michelin.

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FasterPhene · 9th April 2012, 11:42

I am not sure I like the design. They look like ultra low profile tyres.

However might be just the thing needed for Indian roads... though your car might end up weighing a lot more at the end of the journey due to all the stones and gravel it would have accumulated in the tyres enroute.

mayankk · 9th April 2012, 11:46

innovation an all is good, but they oughta provide some form of a sidewall, if just for visual purposes.
This looks , sorry to say, crappy!

like those bullock carts we've seen in the w&w thread with a car body mounted on top.

DevilsCry · 9th April 2012, 11:46

Sorry to say but this is a hoax.

Read more here at See Through Tyres - Radical New Tyre Design Photographs

download2live · 9th April 2012, 11:48

Well technology be damned, these are looking plain ugly on the car.
Maybe military will love it. Not me.

vikram_d · 9th April 2012, 11:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by DevilsCry

Sorry to say but this is a hoax.

Read more here at See Through Tyres - Radical New Tyre Design Photographs

The tyre itself is not a hoax as Michellin has developed air-less tyres called Tweels (or something like that). The title is definitely a hoax as the tyres are not see through. There are quite a few threads on the Tweel onT-BHP itself.

For your reference.

Tweel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

PS: Request to mods, please merge this with the existing Tweel thread.

n_aditya · 9th April 2012, 11:58

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9th April 2012, 11:34	#1
sary BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Goa Posts: 214 Thanked: 36 Times	See Through Tires From Michelin Hi Folks, Came across this brilliant forward. Resilient Tech has been developing these tyres for the military. These radical new tires are made in South Carolina, USA by Michelin. They had a pair at the Philadelphia car show on display. These tires are airless and are scheduled to be out on the market very soon. The bad news for law enforcement is that spike strips will not work on these. Just think of the impact on existing technology: A. No more air valves B. No more air compressors at gas stations C. No more repair kits D. No more flats These are actual pictures taken at the South Carolina plant of Michelin. In Motion - A forward mail source
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FasterPhene BHPian Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: BANGALORE Posts: 28 Thanked: 6 Times	Re: See Through Tires From Michelin I am not sure I like the design. They look like ultra low profile tyres. However might be just the thing needed for Indian roads... though your car might end up weighing a lot more at the end of the journey due to all the stones and gravel it would have accumulated in the tyres enroute.
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mayankk Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New Delhi Posts: 5,148 Thanked: 8,168 Times View My Garage	Re: See Through Tires From Michelin innovation an all is good, but they oughta provide some form of a sidewall, if just for visual purposes. This looks , sorry to say, crappy! like those bullock carts we've seen in the w&w thread with a car body mounted on top.
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9th April 2012, 11:46	#4
DevilsCry BHPian Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Delhi Posts: 552 Thanked: 506 Times	Re: See Through Tires From Michelin Sorry to say but this is a hoax. Read more here at See Through Tyres - Radical New Tyre Design Photographs
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download2live Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: - Posts: 1,147 Thanked: 1,144 Times	Re: See Through Tires From Michelin Well technology be damned, these are looking plain ugly on the car. Maybe military will love it. Not me.
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n_aditya Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Namma Bengaluru Posts: 5,348 Thanked: 3,684 Times View My Garage	Re: See Through Tires From Michelin Note from Support - Thread Closed. Continue discussion here. Please search before creating new threads.
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