CLERMONT-FERRAND, France—Michelin is delivering on its promise to bring Uptis—its much-anticipated airless tire—to the market. And it's all running ahead of schedule. DHL delivery vehicles fitted with ...

Discover the fascinating journey of automotive tires, from Robert Thompson's 19th-century pneumatic invention to Michelin's ...

This is the third of three stories examining the differing approaches each of the world's three largest tire makers—Michelin, Bridgestone and Goodyear—have taken in their journeys to develop and ...

There’s a reason why not many are brave enough to attempt to reinvent the wheel: doing it is a complicated, challenging and lengthy process. When it comes to tires, though, Michelin is happy to report ...

The first public, real-world demo of the innovative airless Michelin Uptis tire was recently carried out at the IAA Mobility show in Munich. The Michelin Uptis tire (Uptis is short for Unique Puncture ...

Michelin will test airless tires on French postal vans, providing more real-world experience with tire designs that could be beneficial to EVs. La Poste, the French postal service, plans to fit ...

PARIS — France's national postal system, Groupe La Poste, has agreed to work with Michelin Group over the coming two years to test the tire maker's UPTIS non-pneumatic tire/wheel hybrid on ...

Airless tires have been around for a long time on industrial machinery like forklifts and other devices. However, those tires haven't been available for passenger vehicles until now. Michelin is ...

Michelin has been testing airless tires for years with an eye toward EV use. While they still aren't ready for production, executives believe they could be a good fit for autonomous vehicles and law ...

After wheeling the Mini mostly on city streets the feedback was rather positive, the YouTuber claiming that handling of the vehicle appears to be sharper than with traditional tires. According to ...

Currently, the airless tires, known as the Michelin Uptis, are being tested on the current version of the Chevy Bolt. As per a news story by CarBuzz, the current iteration of the airless tires has ...

Airless tires aren't ready for production cars, but European police are eyeing them because they can't be shot out during car chases, a Michelin executive said in a recent interview with The Drive.