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Liquid Snow Tires: GM Already Did It
Motorious takes a look back at a unique approach to winter driving in Liquid Tire Chain Was Pure GM Innovation…
The way the Liquid Tire Chain Traction Dispenser system worked was actually pretty advanced for the time. The driver could activate a control on the instrument panel, which would turn on two aerosol canisters, each mounted over the rear tires. Contained in those canisters was a polymer developed in the wonders of the space age, designed to make the tire tread pliable enough to grip the cold, slippery surface again.
(free image via unspalsh.com)