Hyundai has presented a new wheel and tire design that incorporates built-in snow chains that deploy and retract at the push of a button, potentially putting an end to the fiddly, freezing process of wrapping and removing traditional snow chains.

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    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

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

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        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.