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Photo source: Goodyear as the trend of electrification sweeps across the world's auto manufacturers, traditional auto industry suppliers must also make changes. On March 3, Goodyear, the manufacturer, launched a new concept tyre, recharge. Mike rytokoski, vice president and chief marketing officer of Goodyear Europe, said Goodyear expects to build a tire product that better meets the specific travel needs of consumers. With this goal, Goodyear has developed this concept tire to interpret the future vision of convenient personalized electric travel. According to the introduction, recharge new concept tire mainly has the following three features: the core advantage of this concept tire is the use of self loading, biodegradable tread formula, which can be refreshed at will through independent capsules, greatly simplifying the tire change process. The capsule is filled with a customizable liquid tread formula, which gives the tread the characteristics of its own, and the tires can also adapt to the weather, road conditions and personal driving style. Around the driver's habits and styles, the liquid tread formula can be customized based on artificial intelligence technology, and the customized formula can meet the diversified needs. In addition, the tire tread formula is made of biological materials, and the reinforced fiber used is inspired by spider silk, a natural material with strong toughness. Therefore, this formula is not only durable, but also 100% biodegradable. In addition to greatly simplifying the tire changing process, Huanxin capsule also adopts a lightweight, inflation free structure and a high and narrow tire design. The structure is thin, firm and easy to maintain, and avoids troubles such as tire pressure maintenance or pin binding. In the era of technology popularization, Goodyear also released the "smart tire" technology last week. Sensors are installed in the tires to help users better understand the condition of each tire. Through this move, Goodyear has collected 3 million miles of road test and field test data of intelligent Internet tire to better improve tire formulation and technology.