Tire Tracker: Nexen wins design award for Mars-themed concept tire

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Nexen Tire has won the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2023 as a finalist for its concept tire Mearth. Developed in an industry-academia partnership, the tire has been designed to be transformable for use on Mars. It has a mode that allows it to change shape to improve drivability by expanding the tread area with "special materials". It also has protruding sidewalls that enable land cultivation on Mars' harsh terrain.