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Old 10-27-2019, 12:37 PM   #1
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Default Airless tire makers hope for breakout moment with autonomous driving

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Makers of airless tyres such as Japan's Bridgestone Corp. hope driverless cars will herald a breakthrough for their niche technology, which is more than a decade old but underperforms standard tyres in every way except resistance to puncture. Autonomous driving - and the eventual introduction of self-driving taxis - could mean greater demand for puncture-resistant tyres as greater usage of vehicles exposes them to more flat tyres. "In the past, a car would be driven about 20% of the time and sContinue reading Airless tire makers hope for breakout moment with autonomous driving
Airless tire makers hope for breakout moment with autonomous driving originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 27 Oct 2019 14:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.


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