The cars of the future might not have air at all! Surprised? Well, experts and innovations in the automotive industry think the same. There’s a new kind of tire been invented by the same company which invented radial tires. It called Tweel. The Tweel is a non-pneumatic single unit that replaces the traditional tyre/wheel/valve/pressure monitoring assembly. Quite simply - a tyre without air. Tweel consists of a composite reinforced tread band, connected to a flexible (deformable) wheel via rectangular, polyurethane spokes.

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