[Jason M. Hendler]

Michelin developed the tweel a few years back - a airless tire / wheel combo in which urethane fin spokes support a tread around a wheel.

http://www.gizmag.com/go/3603/

 

[nlh_90210]

Is there any reason not to?

I think in terms of tires and wheels, the benefit to a normal automobile and the benefit to an PHEV are the same.

Tweels are just a good idea all around. They have a lot of potential.

 

[srmarti]

I'd like to see what a final production design tweel looked like first. The ones I recall seeing remind me of centrifugal fans. I wonder what the aero drag is.

 

[assdon]

 

[Altazi]

Damn! That car has really thick doors . . .

 

[pennor1]

Damn! That car has really thick doors . . .

You're right. But somehow I totally missed the fact that there were doors in the photo at all. Wonder how that happened?