To avoid complication of neglectful car owners, several manufacturers have been developing designs for tires that don ... While Michelin have been shipping Tweel products for several years ...

Narrator: From the wheels of NASA's moon rover to Michelin's Tweel, we've seen tires that don't need air for decades. We've even seen prototypes for everyday cars that roll over sharp nails with ease.

Michelin has been showing off its idea of combining the wheel and tire into a single component as far back as 2005. Dubbed the Tweel, the novel design replaced standard pneumatic tires and metal ...

Demonstrations on Michelin’s proving grounds suggest that Tweel works better than pneumatic and semi-solid tires. The cylindrical structure to which the tread is attached – Michelin calls it a ...