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<blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 5782959" data-attributes="member: 54707"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Michelin's North American Headquarters are in my hometown. Actually, I don't really live in Greenville, SC, but out at the far ends of the county. My father used to do a lot of work for them under contract, being an expert tool-maker, I've done work for them, and being an inventor and having friends out there I keep up with their R&D and experimental programs.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Personally I don't think, that given the materials available now, that these particular tires/wheels will amount to much.</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">However Michelin does have an excellent R&D program and they are often on the cutting edge of research. With the new ICAR Center (got friends there too, and go out there about once a month or so) and GE, etc. they have some interesting projects underway. And with Greenville now such a high tech manufacturing center, and with it becoming more and more a finance center, there are interesting local projects to track.</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Two years ago (actually they were developing long before then, but he had a write up in the <em>Greenville News</em> on it Jan. 17th, 2010) </span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Oliva, GVP for sustainable development let out about Michelin engines in wheels. It's called the <strong><em>Michelin Active Wheel</em></strong> (see link below) and is designed to replace the car engine and suspension and transmission.</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Don't know how far it will go, as far as practical applications, but it is a very interesting idea to me. And I think it's now on it's second or third generation of the tech.</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">One of my uncles and I were discussing ideas for an inertia wheel, drive, and tire system years and years ago (my family tend to all be big car nuts). This project kinda reminded me of it in general design concept, of concentrating operational methods in the wheels rather than the drive train. So I like following stuff like this.</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I know it's not directly related, but I think it is an interesting project.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <a href="http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1030025_michelins-active-wheel-technology-in-detail" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>Active Wheel System</strong></span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jack7, post: 5782959, member: 54707"] [FONT=Verdana]Michelin's North American Headquarters are in my hometown. Actually, I don't really live in Greenville, SC, but out at the far ends of the county. My father used to do a lot of work for them under contract, being an expert tool-maker, I've done work for them, and being an inventor and having friends out there I keep up with their R&D and experimental programs. Personally I don't think, that given the materials available now, that these particular tires/wheels will amount to much.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]However Michelin does have an excellent R&D program and they are often on the cutting edge of research. With the new ICAR Center (got friends there too, and go out there about once a month or so) and GE, etc. they have some interesting projects underway. And with Greenville now such a high tech manufacturing center, and with it becoming more and more a finance center, there are interesting local projects to track.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Two years ago (actually they were developing long before then, but he had a write up in the [I]Greenville News[/I] on it Jan. 17th, 2010) [/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Oliva, GVP for sustainable development let out about Michelin engines in wheels. It's called the [B][I]Michelin Active Wheel[/I][/B] (see link below) and is designed to replace the car engine and suspension and transmission.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Don't know how far it will go, as far as practical applications, but it is a very interesting idea to me. And I think it's now on it's second or third generation of the tech.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]One of my uncles and I were discussing ideas for an inertia wheel, drive, and tire system years and years ago (my family tend to all be big car nuts). This project kinda reminded me of it in general design concept, of concentrating operational methods in the wheels rather than the drive train. So I like following stuff like this.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]I know it's not directly related, but I think it is an interesting project.[/FONT] [URL="http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1030025_michelins-active-wheel-technology-in-detail"][FONT=Verdana][B]Active Wheel System[/B][/FONT][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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