If Coda’s claims are true, their Self Inflating Tires in development now seem like an inevitable future for car owners. The simple mechanism works with classic principles of a peristaltic pump: a tube ...

Goodyear has developed a new self-inflating tire for commercial vehicles. The Air Maintenance Technology system uses an internal pressure regulator to determine when the tire is low. When pressure ...

This story appears in the April 11 print edition of Equipment & Maintenance Update, a supplement to Transport Topics. Safety guidelines for inflating truck tires have been in place for decades, but ...

Auto-inflating tires are sexy on James Bond’s Aston Martin, but the technology is still ripe and not readily available outside of military vehicles, commercial trucks, and hummers. These tires have ...

Self-inflating tires aren’t new, though if you didn’t know better, you might think they were. So I’m not clear why Aperia Technologies’ Halo Tire Inflator is generating buzz, when for all intents and ...

It can be frustrating when good science gets mixed up with poor communication. As an employee of a tire manufacturer, I have closely monitored the articles regarding nitrogen inflation of tires. Like ...

GREENVILLE, S.C.—TPMS is a given these days, that small dashboard light that warns drivers of underinflated tires. But what if that technology could do more than just offer insights? What if the ...

So you notice one of your tires is low and you pull into a gas station to use the air machine. Or maybe you've got one of those nifty portable tire inflators. But wait! The air machine is asking for ...