NOTABLE
Yamaha's Conceptual Trike
This is the 05GEN, a three-wheel concept vehicle created by
Yamaha Motor Co. for short-distance travel. The trike was
designed as part of a challenge to create "minimum assist
mobility" vehicles that travel slowly along short distances
rather quickly across long ones. One interesting aspect of the
O5GEN are its tires, which are produced with two thermoplastic
polyurethanes from BASF ( basf.com ), Infinergy, which is said to
be the world's first expanded thermoplastic polyurethane, and
Elastollan. Both materials contribute to the tire being some-
thing other than a black donut, with the Elastollan, in particular,
allowing textures and colors on the surface of the tires. The tires
were developed along with designfabrik Tokyo, a BASF group
that supports industrial designers and engineers.
ERRATUM
There is a typo in the first paragraph of the Aug. 2016 printed version of "What Heavy-Duty Truck Manufacturers Know About
Aluminum." Please see adandp.media/articles/what-heavy-duty-truck-manufacturers-know-about-aluminum for the correct version.
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