There’s never a good time for a flat tire, but there are some times that are much worse than others. A sudden flat when you’re far off in the boonies on unstable, rocky, or swampy ground can be ...

The president of Michelin North America says air-filled tires still perform better on passenger cars in some respects than do Michelin's new airless tires, but the airless technology, called Tweel, is ...

Tire technology has advanced in leaps and bounds over my lifetime, and certainly over the last 15 years. Michelin have been trying to make Tweels a thing for as long as I can remember, and finally has ...

Michelin has showcased a potentially disruptive technology with significant ramifications for the future for mobility: an airless, integrated tyre and wheel combination dubbed the TWEEL (i.e.

The factory that Michelin North America dedicated today in the Greenville County community of Piedmont isn't anything like the other nine factories it has opened in South Carolina since 1975. The ...

Combining a tire and wheel into a single airless 'tweel' has proven to be a popular concept, although it still hasn't gone mainstream. Michelin is the latest company to announce a production tweel, ...

Michelin has announced that their new airless tires, the Michelin X Tweel, are going into production. The company has been showcasing their innovative design for a while now, and they are gearing up ...

Because of a nail, a tire was lost. Because of a bad spare, Patrick Glenn's meeting was lost. "Both tires are flat. And we're waiting for someone to come pick us up," said Glenn. But as CBS News ...

The tweel (a portmanteau of tire and wheel) has been a concept in the tire industry for some time now. If you're not familiar with that term, it refers to an airless tire. Michelin has been developing ...

A new airless tire could potentially be the next big trend on both utility and regular vehicles. Tire-giant Michelin is testing out a new tire called a "Tweel," the merging of the words "tire" and ...

Michelin is to supply a specially designed wheel for NASA's next generation moon rover vehicles. Featuring highly specialized materials, this engineering breakthrough will enable the lunar vehicles to ...