Reinventing The Wheel & Ditching The Rubber Tire

[1971Chevelle]

It will be interesting to see how this technology plays out in the real world.

This Company is Reinventing the Wheel and Ditching the Rubber Tire - Hitachi (OTC:HTHIY), Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT)

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. Global Air Cylinder Wheels (GACW), an Arizona-based startup, has literally reinvented the wheel. They developed a new type of wheel that...

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[kmakar]

"The patented ASW is a mechanical wheel constructed mostly of steel with in-wheel pneumatic suspension through cylinders."

What will be more interesting is to see the long term effects on the roads if they are mostly made of steel.

 

[1971Chevelle]

"The patented ASW is a mechanical wheel constructed mostly of steel with in-wheel pneumatic suspension through cylinders."

What will be more interesting is to see the long term effects on the roads if they are mostly made of steel.

The wheels they are currently producing are geared towards haul trucks (mining). I am not sure that they would be able to use steel on passenger cars or pickup trucks.