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[Dormant] Electric Vehicles
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Can an airless tire ever be as cushioning as an airfull tire? Instead of compressing the entire volume of air, aren't you essentially just compressing a small "spring" directly between the rim and the road?
This is why it took so long to get it right. Just like the airless basketball.