Most of the tires used in the current car are vacuum tires, and the so-called vacuum tire partners should have seen it, which is completely dependent on air pressure to disperse the force. The benefits of this kind of tire are more, which can effectively reduce bumps, but at the same time there is a more serious problem, that is, once it is pierced, it is easy to leak air, and many accidents on the highway are due to the tire being punctured, resulting in the direction of the new car out of control, which causes traffic accidents.
Of course, now Audi, BMW many brands have begun to use explosion-proof tires, in fact, explosion-proof tires are essentially a kind of vacuum tires, but a lot of steel wires are added to the inside of the tires to support, so even if the explosion-proof tires, the mileage after being punctured is not very much. Moreover, the texture of the explosion-proof tires is harder, the noise is also very large, and the comfort of both driving and riding is not high.
As a giant in the tire industry, Michelin has announced the development of airless tires, which are called the Uptis series.
Different from the traditional vacuum tire, the new airless tire uses rubber tread, as well as dense glass fiber strips, the biggest feature of this tire is that there is no need to inflate, only rely on soft support strips to carry the weight of the body and resolve the vibration of the bumpy road. The advantage is quite obvious, that is, it is difficult to be pierced, and after being pierced, it does not affect normal driving at all. According to the official meaning of Michelin, the early purchase will be very expensive, but the service life of this airless tire is much longer than that of the vacuum tire, so the price is not expensive, and this will greatly reduce the use of rubber, more environmentally friendly, so this is also known as environmentally friendly tires.
Of course, this tire is only suitable for some ordinary roads, some muddy roads or gravel roads. This tire is easily filled with gravel because it is punctured, causing the tire to be quickly scrapped. And because there is no way to inflate this tire, it is impossible to adjust the air pressure to increase or reduce the size of the friction contact surface of the tire. The design of these specific scenes, there is currently no way to do this airless tire.
Michelin said that this airless tire will be the first to be installed on the Chevrolet model, because the airless tire has been developed since 2019, and the car used is Chevrolet's new car.
Of course, if this tire is really mass-produced, for our daily consumers, not only the maintenance cost is lower, but the safety performance is also more obvious.
Of course, in fact, when we take a closer look at the design of this tire, we have been able to think that the most feared thing about this tire is deformation, if you accidentally pass through a large pit with edges and angles, the support piece inside may break, which will lead to a lack of angle in the process of high-speed driving. And if this tire is pierced and there are gravel jumping into the tire, the sound of the stones hitting the tire is also unbearable. But I believe Michelin has a plan for these designs, so are you looking forward to the arrival of this airless tire?