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Self-healing tires: A new advancement in rubber manufacturing

A detailed view of Goodyear Eagle tires in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway on May 11, 2024 in Darlington, South Carolina.

Light-up Goodyear Tires, Akron, Ohio, USA. Goodyear tests translucent tires with light bulbs inside on their testing grounds. LIFE calls them "Tires of the Future."

truck tires being removed from their molds

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Self-healing tires: A new advancement in rubber manufacturing

Self-healing tires: A new advancement in rubber manufacturing

Learn how scientists designed self-healing tires.

Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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pneumatic tires

pneumatic tires

Three types of pneumatic tires.

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A detailed view of Goodyear Eagle tires in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway on May 11, 2024 in Darlington, South Carolina.

Goodyear Eagle tires

Goodyear: On the road and on the track.

© James Gilbert/Getty Images

Light-up Goodyear Tires, Akron, Ohio, USA. Goodyear tests translucent tires with light bulbs inside on their testing grounds. LIFE calls them "Tires of the Future."

Light-up Goodyear Tires

Tires of the future?

© Stan Wayman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock.com

truck tires being removed from their molds

truck tires being removed from their molds

Truck tires being removed from their molds.

© Charlie Westerman

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