This is in response to the vehicle manufacturers need to eliminate the "dead weight" of the spare wheel in order to: A major evolution in the vehicle industry is beginning. The use of a tyre based run-flat solution to eliminate the spare wheel improves safety for the vehicle occupants, who are no longer stranded on the hard shoulder in an emergency, (at night, in the rain!), having to change a punctured tyre. This run-flat technology also allows the driver to maintain control in the event of a rapid deflation. |