Goodyear has announced a concept tire that would generate electricity from lost heat energy from the tire.

Obviously, this is a concept and the amount data and technology to actually create such a tire is unknown. But Goodyear is sure that this can become a possibility in the future. Goodyear offered a brief explanation of how this concept could work.

“This tire generates electricity through the action of materials in the tire that capture and transform the energy created by heat when it flexes as it rolls during normal driving conditions. The materials used would optimise the tire’s electricity generation capabilities as well as its rolling resistance,” according to Goodyear.