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Khatir Soltani
Among other key components, we notice an asymmetrical rim and built-in pressure sensors. As you can see, the PAX System is unique in many ways.

So, this system promises better performances but it will also improve the safety of the vehicles because it's virtually impossible for the tire to get off the rim while moving. This element is important enough to motivate car manufacturers to adopt it. But, if safety engineers like those features, designers are also very much in favor of the PAX System. Since you can drive over 200 km with a puncture, it also signifies that the spare tire is no longer mandatory. Stylist will use the space it occupied to improve the capacity of the trunk while rear suspension engineers will have more freedom in developing more efficient layouts.

For the years to come, it seems that this new concept will have as great an impact on the tire industry that the radial tire, also developed by Michelin, had in the last three decades of the 20th Century.

Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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