Nicely used to receiving Crimson Dot Design Awards for its highway tyres, Kumho has now received one for its ‘Airborne Tire’, a revolutionary idea product aimed on the quickly evolving UAM (City Air Mobility) sector.
It’s reckoned that by 2030 some 60 p.c of the world’s inhabitants will probably be city and with many main cities already near gridlock on the bottom, stress is mounting to optimise the airspace above them. To that finish a brand new technology of protected, sustainable and handy plane, reminiscent of electrically-powered VTOL (Vertical Take-off and Touchdown) machines, are in growth, and it’s with these in thoughts that Kumho has advanced the ‘Airborne Tire’.
Using expertise confirmed in magnetic levitation prepare programs, its distinctive mixture of magnetic subject suspension and rotating wheel units permits it to generate enough electrical energy to manoeuvre an plane on the bottom with out the necessity for any additional type of propulsion. As soon as within the air the tyre wheels float by the power of the magnetic subject alone, whereas the airless building minimises impression on touchdown to the advantage of the passengers.
Dedicated to maintaining tempo with such traits as UAM, Kumho is the truth is no stranger to the associated applied sciences, having proposed superior electromagnetic expertise for Epoch, the eco-friendly racing automobile idea it developed as way back as 2007.
Kumho’s newest Crimson Dot Design Award was within the ‘Design Idea’ class. Organised by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen of Germany since 1955, Crimson Dot is the oldest design competitors on the earth and among the many three most prestigious. This 12 months’s award ceremony will happen in Singapore and the profitable merchandise will probably be displayed on the Crimson Dot Design Museum.
For additional info on Kumho and its merchandise for passenger automobiles, SUVs, vans, vehicles and motorsport use see www.kumhotyre.co.uk.
