It takes more than the cancellation of one of Europe's largest motor shows to hold a good concept back - car makers went ahead and presented the new products and visions for the future they'd intended to display in Geneva last month. Tyre maker Goodyear did too, unveiling what it called a "revolutionary self-regenerating concept tyre that can adapt and change to meet individual mobility needs." Meet the Goodyear reCharge. "Goodyear wants the tyre to be an even more powerful contributor to answering consumers' specific mobility needs," commented Mike Rytokoski, vice-president and chief marketing officer, Goodyear Europe, "It was with that ambition that we set out to create a concept tyre primed for the future of personalised and convenient electric mobility." The reCharge concept includes a number of innovative features that are built around three pillars: Personalised: At the core of the reCharge concept is a reloadable and biodegradable tread compound that can be recharged with individual capsules, making the process of replacing tyres much simpler. Filled with a customised liquid compound, these capsules allow the tread to regenerate and the tyre to adapt over time to climatic circumstances, road conditions, or simply how you want to travel. Thanks to artificial intelligence a driver profile would be created, around which the liquid compound would be customised, generating a compound blend tailored to each individual. Sustainable: The compound itself would be made from a biological material and would be reinforced with fibres inspired by one of the toughest natural materials in the world - spider silk. This would make it both extremely durable and 100 per cent biodegradable.
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