CLERMONT-FERRAND, France — Group Michelin is delivering on a 3-year-old promise to bring Uptis — its much-anticipated airless tire/wheel hybrid — to market a year ahead of schedule. Deutsche Post A.G.

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 ...

We've been reporting on Michelin's airless tire technology for more than 16 years now. Indeed, the first time we wrote about the "Tweel" back in 2005, it quickly became the most popular story ever for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Michelin is delivering on its promise to bring Uptis — its much-anticipated airless tire —t o the market. And it's all running ahead of schedule. DHL delivery vehicles fitted with the nonpneumatic, ...