Intelligent Tires Will Automatically Weigh Your Vehicle So You Never Overpack Again

Continental already sells tires packed with monitors that keep tabs on air pressure, automatically letting you know when it gets too low. But the company is planning to expand that technology with improved tire sensors that will actually be able to calculate and report the current load weight of your vehicle so you don’t exceed its suggested capacity. More »

Brilliant Auto-Inflating Tires Pump Themselves Up As They Roll [Automobiles]

There’s a long list of reasons why you should keep your vehicle’s tires properly inflated—from better mileage to safer handling. Goodyear has made this motorist’s chore extra easy with its new Air Maintenance Technology system, which automatically keeps a tire at the proper PSI using a self-contained passive pump. More »