Category: Equipment

Michelin unveils airless, connected tire concept

“Honeycomb structure” key to its durability, the global tire maker says.

MONTREAL, QUE. Imagine this: a tire that is airless, made of recycled materials, and will never inflate. That is what Michelin calls its Vision Concept.

Terry Gettys, executive vice president of research and development at Michelin Group, unveiled the prototype of the concept during a press conference here at Michelin’s Movin’On sustainable mobility event.

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Michelin unveils airless, connected tire concept

“Honeycomb structure” key to its durability, the global tire maker says.

MONTREAL, QUE. Imagine this: a tire that is airless, made of recycled materials, and will never inflate. That is what Michelin calls its Vision Concept.

Terry Gettys, executive vice president of research and development at Michelin Group, unveiled the prototype of the concept during a press conference here at Michelin’s Movin’On sustainable mobility event.

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Michelin to launch new regional drive tire

New tire focuses on traction upgrade in effort to reclaim some share in the market.

MONTREAL, QUE. Michelin is getting ready to launch a new regional drive tire on July 1 that it expects will trump its previous regional drive tires and be more in line with what fleets want.

Ralph Dimenna, COO of Michelin Americas, truck tires, told Fleet Owner during Michelin’s “Movin On” mobile sustainability event in Montreal the new tire is an effort to reclaim some share in a part of the market where it hasn’t quite delivered the optimal product for fleets.

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