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Originally Posted by Superman

I've always wondered why those things do not charge their own batteries. The wheel rotates. I would think that rotation could generate a tiny bit of electrical current that could keep the battery charged up. Then again, I also don't know why it took us so long to put wheels on luggage. We think we are more clever than we really are.

I think the sensors in my boxster are original, so 18 years and 112k miles. That's not too shabby.

My parents bought luggage so we could move from Florida to Japan in 1977, and it had wheels.