Hafi ya 20% by'amapine akorwa buri mwaka ajugunywa imburagihe kubera gucumita, gutakaza umuvuduko no kwambara bidasanzwe biterwa n'umuvuduko ukabije w'ipine. Ibi bihwanye na miliyoni 200 zipine zajugunywe hamwe nuburemere burenze ubw'umunara wa Eiffel i Paris inshuro 200. Buri mwaka.
Yibanze kuri iki kibazo kirambye, Michelin yerekanye muri 2019 UPTIS (Unique Puncture-Proof Tire Sisitemu), prototype ko icyo gihe yari imaze kugira iterambere ryimyaka igera ku icumi kandi yari imaze kubyara Tweel.
Noneho, kandi hafi yikindi gihe cyo gushyira kumugaragaro, ipine ya Michelin idafite indege yageragejwe kuri MINI Cooper SE, n "" ukuboko "kwa YouTuber Bwana JWW, wanditse ibyabaye byose kuri videwo:
Nkuko Cyrille Roget, umuyobozi ushinzwe itumanaho rya tekiniki na siyanse mu itsinda rya Michelin abisobanura, UPTIS ihuza imvugo nyinshi hagati yinyuma n’imbere, ikozwe muri reberi kandi yoroheje ariko ikomeye cyane ya fiberglass, kugirango iyi tine ibashe gushyigikira. uburemere bwimodoka. Kurinda iki gihangano, Michelin yanditse patenti 50.
Nyuma yo gusobanurwa mbere, aho Cyrille Roget yanasobanuye ko muri UPTIS rim na pine byahujwe byuzuye, bigateranirizwa kumurongo wo gukora amapine, Bwana JWW yafashe amashanyarazi MINI kumuhanda yumva yiboneye ibyo aribyo byose. Impinduramatwara. amapine arashobora gutanga.
Kugeza ubu, UPTIS ni prototype ikora gusa, ariko Michelin yamaze gutangaza ko ifite gahunda yo kuyibyaza umusaruro no kuyigeza ku baturage, ikintu gishobora kubaho nko mu 2024.