Racing cars sometimes have to have their tyres pre-heated in specially-designed, electrically-heated covers.
Today’s invention augments that process by using the engine exhaust flow to help warm the rubber.
Each exhaust pipe would have a nozzle, directable by use of a small motor, which could be rotated towards or away from the surface of whichever of the rear tyres it was pointed at.
This system could make use of a small thermal camera to gauge the tyre exterior temperature and then help divert the exhaust flow after the heating had had its effect.
A more advanced version could also warm the front tyres.
an even more advanced system would heat the spare tyre too 😉
+ preheating the air intake and fuel could optimize the fuel combustion
+ in the winter the hot exhaust air could help defrost the windows and mirrors and chairs etc
I recall reading that some want to generate electricity from the exhaust heat.
Hi Rob
There are probably F1 rules about spare tyres, not to mention passengers!
Exhaust to electricity would probably lose 60% in the process, so this was probably proposed by a petroleum company 😉
Cheers,
p