The Notch Blog

Bob Ulrich at Modern Tire Dealer notes something that also caught my eye. More and more cars are eliminating their spare tire to save...

On Friday May 6, 2011, some seven years after first launching its SSR run-flat technology, Continental produced its ten millionth...

Jon Crowley at Side x Side highlights an aftermarket run-flat systems for off-road ATV tires from GBC Motorsports. It’s called S.A.F.R.S....

Rita McGrath, blogging at Harvard Business Review, provides a short post-mortem on the failure of Michelin’s PAX run-flat tire system,...

BMW of North America and Bridgestone Americas have settled a 2008 class-action lawsuit stemming from problems with the run-flat tires in...

Coda Development, inventors of the Self Inflating Tire (SIT), which won Tire Technology of the Year award at the Tire Technology Awards...

Bridgestone Corporation has announced the introduction of a “third-generation” run-flat tire for 2009, focusing on sales to original...

Michelin North America Inc. and American Honda Motor Co. Inc. have reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit involving run-flat...

The always erudite David Shaw recently had a short article in the European Rubber Journal (subscription required) that resonated with me....

For the latest installment of the Does It Work series, Car Magazine tested run-flat tires. More manufacturers are fitting run-flat tyres,...

An intriguing possibility. According to the leading British newspaper, a flattened tyre of a Russian diplomatic car forced the...

Just-auto has an overview of the run-flat tire market, including some history and predictions of where the market is going. Over the next...

From the blog Admonkey.org comes an astute analysis of a two-page Bridgestone ad for run-flat tires that appeared in Wired magazine. The...

On Wednesday, Bridgestone Corporation announced that its shipments of self-supporting run-flat tires had reached 10 million units in...

That is a key question in the wake of Michelin’s announcement that it was ceasing OE sales of its PAX run-flat system. Michelin poured...

From South Africa’s Engineering News comes a timely meditation on one-size-fits-all technology solutions, in this case addressing...

Here is an article from tomorrow’s New York Times detailing Michelin’s recent decision to stop selling its PAX system to OEs. Michelin...

Consumer Reports’ blog has just published an update on its ongoing investigation into the run-flat tires equipped on the Toyota Sienna...

On February 14, 2008, Sumitomo Rubber Industries held a meeting to highlight its recent technological development work. According to a...

Continental is rolling out a new generation of self-sealing tires under the ContiSeal tradename. The tires will be introduced at the...