<b>ELECTRICITY FROM YOUR TYRES?</b> Goodyear's concept could provide battery vehicles with extra range as its materials convert deformation and vibration into electricity. <i>Image: Goodyear</i>
GENEVA, Switzerland - Goodyear is showcasing a concept at the 2015 Geneva auto show – a tyre that can produce electricity.
The concept, codenamed "BH03" its maker says, can transform tyre deformation and vibration into electrical energy. Given South Africa's (except in the Western Cape) potholed roads, it should work well.
According to Goodyear: "The tyre creates electrical energy that supplies the batteries of the car's hybrid power train, as well as other on-board technologies."
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