Smart tires are coming – they will adapt to road conditions

A Finnish tire manufacturer has announced a new product that it expects to hit European and global roads.

Nokian Tires has announced a revolutionary new development in the tire world. Smart tires are coming that will adapt to road conditions. It is predicted that the first smart tires will be marketed by 2035.

The well-known tire manufacturer points out that there are already tires on the market equipped with sensors that, using the Bluetooth connection, share data on temperature and air pressure. While vice president of innovation and development Teemu Soini acknowledged that smart tires weren't around five years ago, he said today's technology is stable enough and low-power enough that the sensors can work throughout the tire's life cycle. .

And this is a prerequisite for a synergistic effect with another area of ​​development, the creation of tires that can adapt to different driving conditions. In particular, these tires can change their surface to improve traction, handling and performance, he writes cars coops.

For example, imagine you are driving on the highway to an off-road track. Ideally, you should have a tire design that optimizes fuel consumption, handling and ride comfort. When you hit the park, the treads of the tires can be changed to optimize traction in dirt and mud.

That sounds like a distant future, but Nokian claims that "this line of research could be reflected in consumer products as early as ten years from now."

However, it is not entirely clear how these tires will perform. Soini stated that "correcting the appearance of the grooves would significantly improve the handling characteristics of the tires". He believes that by 2035, Nokian tires will have a tire that "can react to changes in driving conditions." /Telegraph/