Area : Waste, Energy
Description:
75% of tires are made of petroleum (needed for the production of the rubber used). At the end of the products’ life most of them end up in landfills .
Michelin, thanks to a new concept, 3D printed a new kind of tire. The tires are made out of molasse (sugar paste), then turned into ethanol which is used to produce rubber replacing petroleum. Since the tire is only made of natural sources (molasse, bamboo,…), the tire is fully biodegradable. Although, thanks to the new design of the tires, their useful life should be greatly extended. Indeed, instead of changing tires when a problem arises, the new Vision tire can be modified with a 3D printer.
Sources:
Stakeholders: Car manufacturers / City officials / Car owners
Implementation:
- Michelin needs to research markets to find countries/ citis which are early adopters of new technologies;
- They need to contact the government of this country/city to run some test in the city and have approval of their technology being used
- They need to find car manufacturers that are also early adopters to pilot their technology
Other article comment: The tiles are also gathering data that can be used for better understanding pedestrians habits and crowd flows . This type of information is useful to commerces but also for cities.
https://makeasmartcity.com/2017/11/09/energy-generating-walkway-no-footstep-wasted/