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Research article on Non pneumatic tyres are made especially by Michelin

Concept of Non Pneumatic was started by NASA for space rovers

Polymer is the main ingredient
NONPNEUMATIC TYRE
Non-pneumatic tyre (NPT), or Airless tyres, are tyre that is not supported by air pressure. Airless tyre generally
have higher rolling friction and provide much less suspension than similarly shaped and sized pneumatic tyres.
Other problems for airless tyre include dissipating the heat buildup that occurs when they are driven.
Airless tyre is often filled with compressed polymers (plastic), rather than air. Resilient Technologies and WisconsinMadison’s a company specializing in Polymer Engineering and design are creating a “non-pneumatic tyre” (no air required) which is basically a round polymeric honeycomb wrapped with a thick, black tread and that will support the weight of add on armor, survive an IED attack, and the tyres are expected to maintain a speed of 75 mph for 60 miles with 10% damage to the honey comb structure. Honeycomb structure is designed to support the load placed on the tyre, dissipate heat and offset some of these issues. The patent-pending design mimics the precise; six sided cell pattern found in a honeycomb and best duplicates the “ride feel” of pneumatic tyres, according to the developers. The goal was to reduce the variation in the stiffness of the tyre, to make it transmit loads uniformly and become more homogenous, and the best design, as nature gives it to us, is really the honeycomb.

Will it come to India soon? No - this is just a concept implementation is too far from now (even tesla uses normal tyres down the line polymers industry may have good future)

Thanks for this @Tauqeer

Note : Michelin has announced that by 2024 they will be entering into the market for airless tyre similarly Bridgestone have also come up with similar airless concept using rubber threads.

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