Amazing airless tyres!

My immediate thoughts were - yep puncture proof

BUT If travelling the corros on the CSR etc get good dental cover to replace lost fillings before you go!

Then I thought about being bogged in goop or sand.

BUT I guess its early days and a break through in technology which could lead to more improvements.

cheers

I don't think "ride quality" is an issue in the vehicle of the first picture anyway.
The current trendy Low Profile tyres don't provide much ride quality also.

Inventions of airless tyres have been presented almost since motor vehicles have existed. Sooner or later they will succeed, but I think it is likely that it will be with a newly developed foam-type compound filling the tyre rather than a mechanical arrangement as shown above.

That article is about as old as the audi in the photos. About 1997 if I recall correctly. They had a trial tyre for the 75 series in the mines from the same company. 15 odd years is a long time though - maybe they got it right - again....

Since you can't air down, you'd need a different set of tyres for sand and for the blacktop.

The military must only get flats on the steer tyres, note the rear wheel has a conventional tyre. :-)

Neil

When in the military in the 80's we tried new tyre concepts (solid rubber etc).

Great ideas at the time but didn't work in reality (solid rubber chipped very easily etc). The thinking has obviously moved on since then; these look great!

While the principal looks promising, considering the number of year those pictures have been floating around the internet, i doubt the product will ever be one we could purchase.

Motherhen

Seems like tires have come full circle (pun pun)
The patent on pneumatic tires was claimed in 1846. Now in 2012 we're wanting airless again!

Gay
They are called a tweel and have been around for thirty or more years. They are available on bobcats .

Bridgestone goes airless in tire concept for Tokyo show.

Bridgestone


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Instead of latrine duties they'll have wheel cleaning.