Kodiak said its technology can maintain such precise control in case of a blowout that the vehicle doesn’t even leave the lane. Kodiak used a test rig to puncture the left-front steer tire. Screen ...

Tire blowouts on highways are a significant cause of vehicle instability, leading to over 78,000 tire-related crashes annually in the United States. Many of these incidents occur at high speeds, ...

Part of a 41-mile stretch of Highway 130 on Sept. 6, 2012, where the posted speed limit is 85 mph, in Austin, Texas. Many tractor-trailers on the nation’s roads are driven faster than the 75 mph their ...