Airless tire makers hope for breakout moment with autonomous driving

Filed under:Green,Tokyo Motor Show,Toyota,Maintenance,Technology,Emerging Technologies,Autonomous,Electric,FutureMakers of airless tyres such as Japan's Bridgestone Corp. hope driverless cars will herald a breakthrough for their niche technology, which is more than a decade old but underperforms standard tyres in every way except resistance to puncture.Autonomous driving - and the eventual introduction of self-driving taxis - could mean greater demand for puncture-resistant tyres as greater usag