Hankook

As part of a decade-long effort to make punctures a thing of the past, Hankook has shown the latest version of its airless i-Flex concept tire at CES 2022 where it provided the shoes for Hyundai’s L7 concept vehicle.

Hankook's R&D department has been working with biorobotics experts from Seoul National University and Harvard engineers on a weird transforming origami wheel project. These folding oddities can drastically alter their diameter and carry heavy loads.

Each year Gripdetective publishes overall rankings for the best all-season tires in Europe based on testing from a variety of sources, and the 2020 analysis has just been released.

​We're suckers for good concept tires, and it seems there's no shortage of ideas each year for what the future might look like where the rubber hits the road. These two Hankook concepts come to us from the Essen Motor Show, and they concentrate on autonomous comfort and racing downforce.

Airless tires are one step closer to becoming a production reality, after Hankook successfully put its iFlex tire through a series of high speed tests. The iFlex is Hankook's fifth attempt at non-pneumatic tires, and brings with it a number of environmental benefits compared to conventional tires.