The illuminated tires developed by Goodyear in 1961, they were never mass-produced.

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Shas_Erra on May 6th, 2024 at 10:09 UTC »

IIRC, they were expensive and difficult to produce and caused the tyre to wear out far faster than normal. It was great as a one-off showpiece but not viable as a commercial product

Spartan2470 on May 6th, 2024 at 12:15 UTC »

Here is a higher quality version of this image. Here is the source. Per there:

A woman adjusts her stocking by the light of the new Goodyear illuminated tyres. The tyre is made from a single piece of synthetic rubber and is brightly lit by bulbs mounted inside the wheel rim. The Goodyear Tyre Company intend to produce the tyres in a variety of colours. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Getty Images)

Date created: October 16, 1961

CrieDeCoeur on May 6th, 2024 at 13:19 UTC »

Can we just tone down the LED headlights so that they’re not scorching everyone’s retinas as you drive past?