The Goodyear tires are on a fleet of semi-autonomous electric cars belonging to Tesloop, a city-to-city mobility service. The wireless tire sensors are intended to improve tire management and maximize uptime for the fleet, the Akron tire maker said in a news release.
The sensors continuously measure and record tire temperature and pressure. That information is paired with other vehicle data and connected to Goodyear’s cloud-based algorithms to enhance fleet operations and predict when tires need service or replacement.
“We want to build the future, not just observe or read about it,” Chris Helsel, Goodyear’s chief technology officer, said in a news release. “As the new mobility ecosystem continues to take shape, we are taking steps to match the pace of technical change in the transportation industry and develop tire innovations that meet the intelligence of the vehicles riding on them.”
Goodyear is also extending its mobile fleet solutions to passenger vehicles, providing tire maintenance and repair while Tesloop vehicles are being recharged during regularly planned downtime.
Tesloop’s fleet Teslas average up to 17,000 miles per vehicle per month. Goodyear in January first announced it was working with Tesloop to study the effect of autonomous technologies on tires.
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