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brucepick · 10-29-2011, 08:15 AM

I found this link, from April 2010: Reinventing the Wheel: a Guide to Michelin’s Airless Tire - autoevolution

Please do have a look, this is a fairly informative article. It includes this:
"...One of its biggest flaws is vibration. Above 50 mph, the Tweel vibrates considerably, thus generating noise and heat. A fast moving Tweel is reportedly unpleasantly loud. Long distance driving at high speeds generates more heat than Michelin engineers would like. That’s why, for the moment, the first applications of the Tweel are in low-speed vehicles, such as construction vehicles. ..."

I thought I saw an announcement that the tire was to be released this fall (2011). But a google search turned up nothing on that.

10-29-2011, 08:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
brucepick OCD Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern CT, USA Posts: 1,936 Outasight - '00 Honda Insight Team Honda Gen-1 Insights 90 day: 54.18 mpg (US) Thanks: 431 Thanked 396 Times in 264 Posts	I found this link, from April 2010: Reinventing the Wheel: a Guide to Michelin’s Airless Tire - autoevolution Please do have a look, this is a fairly informative article. It includes this: "...One of its biggest flaws is vibration. Above 50 mph, the Tweel vibrates considerably, thus generating noise and heat. A fast moving Tweel is reportedly unpleasantly loud. Long distance driving at high speeds generates more heat than Michelin engineers would like. That’s why, for the moment, the first applications of the Tweel are in low-speed vehicles, such as construction vehicles. ..." I thought I saw an announcement that the tire was to be released this fall (2011). But a google search turned up nothing on that. __________________ Coast long and prosper. Driving '00 Honda Insight, acquired Feb 2016.