Goodyear announces self-inflating tires

[Human]

Goodyear announces self-inflating tires

The tire of the future

It sounds like something out of a Bond film, but Goodyear has developed a new system which allows tires to automatically inflate themselves.

Called Air Maintenance Technology (AMT), the system features a miniaturized air pump that is fully contained within the tire. Goodyear provided no indication when the technology will start appearing in consumer products, but the company said AMT is powered by the tire's rotational energy.

According to Chief Technical Officer Jean-Claude Kihn,

"A tire that can maintain its own inflation is something drivers have wanted for many years. This will become the kind of technological breakthrough that people will wonder how they ever lived without."

Source: Goodyear

IMO this new tech should have debuted on the 2013 S-Class

 

[fortuner]

Wow something intresting i always wondered was their ever going to be a improvement in this area with tyres..I wonder if they can do something about tyres hitting our potholes..I think on average i loose about ten tyres a year in my family due to potholes not to mention the rims getting damaged.

 

[Human]

^
Deja vu! Just as you said there fortuner and tyres are expensive!

 

[fortuner]

Yup human when i comes to cars and accesories and stuff we get ripped in SA unlike our friends in europe and espically the lucky guys in USA.