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[–] • 1 pt

I can see these being a disaster in snow with the balancing of the tire. However I am hopeful for this technology to become mainstream

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Agreed. Thing is, they already sell tires that pretty much never go flat (Cooper Discoverer S/T MAXX). You add enough plies and strength and as long as you maintain pressure, you're pretty much golden.

On a car where you want a light tire, it's pretty tough to solve.

For balancing, they could maybe have a reinforced bladder in the center (or maybe towards the sidewall?) that has a viscous fluid. Might counteract imbalance from snow, mud, dirt, etc.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

I see two factors that may be a huge problem. The desert heat in the summer might make them so soft they ride really low to the ground. Also in the really cold winter days when it drops down to like -30 or 40F the tires might become brittle on the spokes and that could cause some problems, also when inflatable tires you let some air out during or after a storm to get better traction on snow covered roads, you can't do that with these.