Bluetooth in your tyres? Pirelli shares insights on high-tech âCyber Tyreâ
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JOHANNESBURG - The McLaren Artura comes with sensor-equipped tyres: a hybrid supercar packed with technology for an even safer and more involved driving experience. Pirelliâs Cyber Tyre technology that comes with the car offers a host of information to the vehicle and driver: the tyreâs âpassportâ if you will â the type of tyre, whether itâs a winter or summer version, prescribed pressure, load index and speed rating â as well as current running information, such as temperature and pressure.
This information â including temperature and pressure, constantly monitored and transmitted in real time â is vital when it comes to safety. The information is also delivered, with greater precision compared to traditional sensors on the valve, as the Pirelli transmitting sensors are in direct contact with the actual tyres rather than the wh
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WOKING, England McLaren Automotive s latest supercar launch, the all-wheel-drive, hybrid-powered Artura, features an array of technical innovations, including the first fully integrated tire-data-transmission system, a partnership development with Pirelli Tyres.
The Artura s system, an extension of Pirelli s Cyber Tyre research and development program, provides a range of data about the tires and road conditions, such as tire temperature and pressure, as well as the tires prescribed pressure, load index and speed rating, Pirelli said, via sensors mounted to the tire innerliner.
This information transmitted in real time to onboard software created by Pirelli and integrated into the car s electronics is delivered with greater precision than that from traditional sensors on the valve, Pirelli claims. Some information can be seen on the dashboard and the central display; other information is used by the car s electronics to calibrate the driver alert systems based on the exac
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Pirelli supplies intelligent tyres equipped with sensors
DUBAI, February 18, 2021 Pirelli now equips as standard a tyre with sensors that can talk to a car for the first time. This world premiere of original equipment is thanks to Pirelli’s Cyber Tyre system, made up of a sensor in each tyre that gathers vital data for safe driving, is linked to software integrated into the car’s onboard computer. The car in question is the McLaren Artura, complete with sensor-equipped tyres: a hybrid supercar packed with technology for an even safer and more involved driving experience. Cyber Tyre technology offers a plethora of information to the car and driver: the tyre’s ‘passport’ – the type of tyre, whether it’s a winter or summer version, prescribed pressure, load index and speed rating – as well as current running information, such as temperature and pressure.
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