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Hyundai unveils car tires with built-in, push-button snow chains (newatlas.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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Hyundai unveils car tires with built-in, push-button snow chains::undefined

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[–] Ghostalmedia 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maybe for large commercial vehicles, but I don’t want my little sedan rattling around like Jacob Marley after the roads have been cleared.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Yea, if you frequently need chains, but not all the time (say for ice), there's the spider style. It uses a hub that bolts onto your lugnuts, and the gripper is like a hubcap that latches into the hub putting plastic fingers with studs over the tires.

Then there's the mash material type - the tire sock. Postal service delivery vehicles use them in town. They don't damage the road. Pretty easy to put on, easy to stow.