Goodyear Is Trying to Make an Electricity-Generating Tire

As awesome as electric vehicles are–and, they are awesome–range remains their limiting factor. Regenerative braking, which captures energy otherwise lost as heat and returns it to the battery, helps here. And engineers have considered other ways of capturing energy from things like the rebound and compression of shock absorbers. Goodyear sees an opportunity to squeeze a little juice out of the tires.

Alex Davies

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