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Turn old tires into Li-ion batteries
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Turn old tires into Li-ion batteries

Researchers at the US Department of Energy have recently worked out a way to collect carbon black from old tires to turn into better-performing materials for lithium-ion…

December 12, 2018
Tires are made from dandelion flowers
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Tires are made from dandelion flowers

It is possible that in the near future, your tires will be made from dandelion flowers. This is the latest research by German scientists.

December 12, 2018
Extend the life of the tire with soy oil
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Extend the life of the tire with soy oil

Researchers at Goodyear Tire and Rubber have recently discovered that soybean oil can help reduce the amount of petroleum used to produce tires while extending the life…

December 11, 2018
Environmentally friendly tires
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Environmentally friendly tires

Prototype tires are manufactured using Russian dandelion and guayule (chrysanthemum). This study was carried out at the Neiker-Tecnalia laboratory, one of 12 European ce…

December 11, 2018
Superbus, the future of public transport
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Superbus, the future of public transport

Superbus was designed by a research team at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. The team consists of many leading engineers in the car industry. One of th…

December 11, 2018
Production of tires from the road
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Production of tires from the road

The world's first 'green' tires are made from sugar, which will appear on the market in the next few years.

December 11, 2018
Tires never punctured
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Tires never punctured

At the Tokyo Motor Show this week, Bridgestone unveiled its latest invention: airless tires.

December 11, 2018
Tire warning when exhausted
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Tire warning when exhausted

US researchers are developing a tire that can tell the driver when it is about to exhaust, by attaching a special sensor.

December 11, 2018
Can produce clean water with broken tires
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Can produce clean water with broken tires

Damaged rubber tires, which are piled up at the bottom of rivers and in garbage piles around the world, can be used to create ideal water filtration devices, US environm…

December 11, 2018
Paved with rubber tires
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Paved with rubber tires

He has launched a project to prevent traffic congestion, with the redevelopment of about 14,500 km of abandoned tracks by paving the way with plastic trimmed rubber tire…

December 11, 2018