Michelin Airless Tires For Elio? Tweel?

[Proud to be]

On my Wish List,

If you have not heard Michelin is coming out with a Airless Tire called a ... " Tweel "... it has come out already on heavy duty equipment and military equipment...

Michelin stated that in the next 2 years they are going to start sales to public...

This is just the start of these new types of tires... they will change the tire industrial standards, for all tires...

Just like the Elio is going to do for travel.... I would love to have three of those tires for my Elio...

Can Elio's tire maker... get these tires... as a option??

Proud to Be ... an Elio owner #2225 MMCCXXV see ya on the road

 

[hawg_ryder]

On my Wish List,

If you have not heard Michelin is coming out with a Airless Tire called a ... " Tweel "... it has come out already on heavy duty equipment and military equipment...

Michelin stated that in the next 2 years they are going to start sales to public...

This is just the start of these new types of tires... they will change the tire industrial standards, for all tires...

Just like the Elio is going to do for travel.... I would love to have three of those tires for my Elio...

Can Elio's tire maker... get these tires... as a option??

Proud to Be ... an Elio owner #2225 MMCCXXV see ya on the road

PTB,
The Tweel is a cool concept to be sure, but I doubt we'll see them on vehicles traveling at highway speeds anytime soon... At least according to this article that quotes their Vice President Ralph Dimenna of Tweel Technologies... http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/michelin-finally-commits-to-mass-producing-the-tweel-ai-1661116195
Looks like the focus of their new manufacturing facility will be for off road lower speed applications where downtime due to flats is a problem... The Tweel first came to be in 2005, and initially they had vibration problems on cars traveling at speed, but supposedly they had solved that problem... My thinking is the Tweel is probably very expensive compared to a conventional tire which maybe the reason for their focus on commercial applications. I also wonder how they keep debris (dirt, brake dust, mud, slush, etc...) out of the openings between the spines of the Tweel. It would seem to me that this could be a real problem on a street car operating on a daily basis in all weather conditions... Still it's a pretty neat looking wheel/tire, and I read that they are mine resistant as well! So they have that going for it too! Time will tell...

h_r

 

[Jim H]

On my Wish List,

If you have not heard Michelin is coming out with a Airless Tire called a ... " Tweel "... it has come out already on heavy duty equipment and military equipment...

Michelin stated that in the next 2 years they are going to start sales to public...

This is just the start of these new types of tires... they will change the tire industrial standards, for all tires...

Just like the Elio is going to do for travel.... I would love to have three of those tires for my Elio...

Can Elio's tire maker... get these tires... as a option??

Proud to Be ... an Elio owner #2225 MMCCXXV see ya on the road

Don't know if you have a new avatar or I just noticed it but I really like the green trim highlights on your Elio

 

[zelio]

Don't know if you have a new avatar or I just noticed it but I really like the green trim highlights on your Elio

Jim H, his avatar has been like that forever. Where have you been? LOL :-) Z

 

[Jim H]

Jim H, his avatar has been like that forever. Where have you been? LOL Z

Z, apparent;y, asleep at the wheel.

 

[Ol' Blue]

Speaking of avatars ... hawg_ryder I swear by my pretty floral bonnet you have one shiny avatar ...

 

[BlioKart]

Tweel is many many years from normal cars. Maybe for the 3rd generation Elio

 

[hawg_ryder]

Speaking of avatars ... hawg_ryder I swear by my pretty floral bonnet you have one shiny avatar ...

Shucks Ol' Blue,
iffen you like that you'll love my hat...

Man walks down the street in this hat, people know he's not afraid of nuthin'

xia xia,

h_r

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

A little sticker that might adorn my Elio:

 

[zelio]

A little sticker that might adorn my Elio:

Do you know what it says and means? :-) Z