Pirelli and Bosch Are Working on a Smarter Tire
Pirelli and Bosch are working together to develop a tire with integrated sensors that can transmit data directly to vehicle on-board computers.
These software-enhanced tires will offer “greater safety, comfort and sustainability, as well as improved driving dynamics”, say the two companies.
This marks another milestone in tire manufacturers' ongoing research and quest to improve their products. It's often overlooked, but the advances made over the last 25 years have been nothing short of extraordinary.
The two companies believe the road to improved tires goes through making full use of the data provided by the tires, which will enable the functions controlled by the software to be fine-tuned according to road conditions.
Pirelli and Bosch have already demonstrated this concept with the tires of the Pagani Utopia supercar, which uses a specially developed version of the Pirelli P Zero Trofeo RS. That tire latter features integrated sensors that connect to a stability control system supplied by Bosch, as well as ABS and traction control systems, to better control the 852 hp generated by the Utopia's 6.0L twin-turbo V12.
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