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How do 30 pounds of air in your tires hold up two tons of car? What’s the technology behind the tire and how do wheels work? Learn it all in the Car Wheels and Tires Channel.

Featured Article: Tire Quiz

You probably don't give much thought to those little wheels that get you from point A to point B, but tires are key components of a vehicle's performance. Take the tire quiz to find out how much you know about tires. See more »

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How Self-inflating Tires Work

Self-inflating tires perform two crucial functions: They automatically maintain ideal tire pressure and they allow you to alter psi on the fly to adjust to changing terrain. Learn about self-inflating tires.

How the Tweel Airless Tire Works

For more than 100 years, vehicles have used pneumatic or air-filled tires to move. Michelin has an alternative -- the Tweel Airless Tire. Could it eventually replace traditional tires?

How Tire Pressure Gauges Work

If you have a car chances are you also have a tire-pressure gauge. Learn how this pen-sized device measures air pressure and why the little stick inside doesn't just fly right out the back!

How Tires Work

Are you in the market for a new set of tires? Is all that confusing jargon the tire sales clerks or "experts" are using making your head feel like a tire spinning out of control? Find out all about car tires.

Quiz Corner: Tire Quiz

You probably don't give much thought to those little wheels that get you from point A to point B, but tires are key components of a vehicle's performance. Take the tire quiz to find out how much you know about tires.

What is an eLSD?

You might not know that eLSD stands for electronic limited slip differential, but when one wheel of your car is sliding on ice and another isn't moving at all, you'll wish you had paid attention to this technology.