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2024 is looking to be a revolutionary year for tire technology. With vendors like Michelin standing at the forefront of pioneering new tech, carriers can expect substantial changes in how they roll… including Michelin airless tires.
A Michelin X® Tweel™ airless radial tire is a single unit that replaces the current tire and wheel assembly. There is no need for complex mounting equipment and once they are bolted on, there is no air pressure to maintain.
Goodyear’s got a whole lot of innovation on its side, and that will be key for the 125-year-old company as it strives to lead the industry toward sustainability. And that journey is likely to take the tire maker right through the airless tire space.
https://www.rubbernews.com/airless-tires/ces-offered-goodyear-chance-field-test-airless-tire-technology
AI on Wheels: Goodyear’s Next-Gen Tire Innovations!
A look at the doors on Cybercab
https://x.com/RyanPolsley/status/1845249790319395107
The researchers at ORNL are no strangers to pushing wireless charging to its limits, being the first group to create the 20-kW wireless charging system in 2016. And it now has created a traditional wireless charger that is capable of 120 kW of power.
https://www.motortrend.com/news/fast-wireless-ev-charging-coming-soon/
World’s fastest wireless EV charger unlocks 100 kW parking spots
https://newatlas.com/automotive/100-kw-fastest-wireless-ev-charging/
A wheel hub motor, hub motor, or in-wheel motor is a motor that is incorporated into the hub of the wheel. Wheel-hub motors are commonly found on electric bicycles. Electric hub motors were well-received in early electric cars, but have not been commercially successful in modern production cars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_hub_motor
Panasonic is close to completing the product development of the new 4680-type cylindrical battery cells that will be used by Tesla. Battery division CEO Kazuo Tadanobu told Nikkei that "In terms of product development, the technological goals have largely been achieved."
https://insideevs.com/news/545593/panasonic-progress-tesla-4680-cells/
Tesla may not have to search for a supplier to manufacture its proposed large-format battery cells. Samsung SDI and LG Energy Solution are both vying to make the new cells, The Korea Herald reported Tuesday.
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1132896_report-multiple-battery-suppliers-are-vying-to-make-tesla-4680-cells
Luca Greco post on X shows a single body casting in China.
https://x.com/lucagrecoita/status/1821447167745069083/photo/1
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:40 Airless tires
04:02 Doors swing too far
05:39 Not enough seats
06:57 Frunk?
08:25 Hub motors
10:23 Inductive too slow?
13:22 4680 batteries
16:07 Stainless steel
17:33 Single GigaCasting?
19:12 Too low to the ground
#Tesla #TSLA #EVs
