Coming Soon: Smart Automotive Tires That Could Improve Driving Experience
With the continuous innovation of vehicles loaded with various advanced technology, the need for smart tires is constantly increasing. Throughout this change of vehicles into smart vehicles, tire manufacturers have also been forced to look for smart tire options to compete with the ongoing vehicle advancements.
While consumers focus mainly on the engine and body of the vehicle, the efficacy and functionality of the tires are also equally important. With the support of material science and technology, engineers are looking to develop more sustainable, resilient, and long-lasting smart tires.
To know whether smart tires are the new future, let’s discuss the current trends of the smart tire in 2022.
- Airless
Several smart tire companies, such as Schrader TPMS Solutions and Infineon Technologies AG, are working toward creating super elastic and airless tires.
The airless tires are made up of NiTinol+ (nickel-titanium), which has the capabilities of rubber and the power of titanium. So, by combining both, airless tires work without getting affected by external factors such as temperature.
The idea of airless tires was first developed by NASA while creating tires to run on Mars, where the temperature often crosses the mark of -100°C. NASA has been developing several advanced technologies for much longer times, and the first product having an airless tire is expected to be a bicycle tire.
- Use of Soybean and Dandelions Oil
The concept of green products is slowly entering every sector, including the automotive sector. Currently, the smart tire company is working toward developing vehicle tires made from traceable, recycled, and renewable materials.
Each of these green tires consists of 35% of renewable biomaterials such as natural rubber and vegetable oils. Also, using such biomaterials will reduce the need for crude oil required by the tire manufacturing company. The smart green tires also consist of recycled materials such as polyester yarn and reclaimed steel.
Soybean oil in tire, do tire manufactures use it?
Following is an example of a tire manufacturing company using soybean oils to develop green tires:
Goodyear, a tire manufacturing company, has constantly been replacing tire components based on petroleum with soybean oil to meet the green tire trends.
- Tire Sensors
Tire sensors are one of the biggest trends in the automotive sector, allowing tire manufacturing companies to develop smart tires.
These advanced sensors are placed on the rim of the tires and allow drivers to receive data reacting to tire conditions and monitor tire inflation.
The number of road accidents taking place due to worn tires is very high. So, to overcome these issues, smart tires with sensors play an important role by passing warnings with the use of smart meters to the drivers about the tire condition before starting the journey.
An example of a company using tire sensors is Tyra. It is one of the popular tire sensor manufacturing companies that develop advanced tire sensors to track, predict, and monitor the possible threat to the vehicle on the road.
Smart tires with sensors have promising capabilities and can be seen much more commonly in comparison to present situation.
According to the BIS Research, the automotive smart tire market is expected to reach a market value of $110.39 billion by 2026 from $77.29 billion in 2020. The market is supposed to grow with a CAGR of 6.20% during the forecast period 2021–2026.
- Silent Tires
Another trend of automotive tires that consumers may see more commonly in the upcoming future is the noiseless tires.
This advancement is one of the most promising advancements in the automotive tires reducing the tire noise while the vehicle is on the road surface.
But how does it work?
Silent tires are part of smart tires that work with the help of technology that is filled with polyurethane foam.
The polyurethane foam acts as an absorber, and it keeps absorbing the noise while the vehicle is running on the road surface.
Also, the foam structure remains unaffected by the changing temperature. The polyurethane foam can absorb the tire noise by up to 9 decibels despite the vehicle at high speed.
Self-Inflating Tire
The self-inflating tire, also known as SIT system, consists of different tube chambers adhered to the tire walls.
The tube chambers act as a peristaltic pump inflating the vehicle tire as they hit roads despite the vehicle speed.
Once the exact pressure is reached, the SIT system automatically turns down the further inflations. The SIT system can be the best possible for keeping the tire pressure maintained at an optimal level without the support of any other externally stored condensed air.
To Conclude
Smart tires will play a crucial role in providing better safety to vehicle drivers.
Smart tires built with the smart sensor can give truck and vehicle drivers real-time information on tire performance and will allow them to take better steps.
Though the use of smart tiers is not much common today, it has a high possibility of becoming much more popular in the next few years.
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