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I'd love to have these kind of tires...especially after having 2 blowouts last year
Intelligent tires make cars safer
HAMBURG (DPA) — Intelligent tires will in the future warn motorists when to replace their wheels or check the air pressure and temperature, making cars a lot safer.
The Tire IQ System — a sensor developed by car parts supplier Siemens VDO and Goodyear — is a tiny chip with antenna built into the rubber.
Data is picked up by a receiver and transmitted directly into the data bank of the vehicle. A special software program analyzes factors such as the vehicle load, air temperature and vehicle speed so that brake assist systems and the Electronic Stability Program (ESP) are adapted accordingly.
The technology could be especially useful in trucks and utility vehicles where a tire failure can have devastating results.
Germany’s Handelsblatt business newspaper quoted a Siemens spokesman as saying that the Tire IQ System could prevent 85 percent of typical punctures.
The chip in the tire keeps a record of the number of kilometers driven with the tire and tells the driver when a new tire is necessary.
According to the report, the system could be ready for serial production in three to four years. Siemens VDO is currently negotiating with several car and tire manufacturers in the hope that they will use the system.
Producers are under pressure to develop tire control systems after the US passed legislation making such systems compulsory for all new vehicles by the end of 2008.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MTRG2004122525026.html
Intelligent tires make cars safer
HAMBURG (DPA) — Intelligent tires will in the future warn motorists when to replace their wheels or check the air pressure and temperature, making cars a lot safer.
The Tire IQ System — a sensor developed by car parts supplier Siemens VDO and Goodyear — is a tiny chip with antenna built into the rubber.
Data is picked up by a receiver and transmitted directly into the data bank of the vehicle. A special software program analyzes factors such as the vehicle load, air temperature and vehicle speed so that brake assist systems and the Electronic Stability Program (ESP) are adapted accordingly.
The technology could be especially useful in trucks and utility vehicles where a tire failure can have devastating results.
Germany’s Handelsblatt business newspaper quoted a Siemens spokesman as saying that the Tire IQ System could prevent 85 percent of typical punctures.
The chip in the tire keeps a record of the number of kilometers driven with the tire and tells the driver when a new tire is necessary.
According to the report, the system could be ready for serial production in three to four years. Siemens VDO is currently negotiating with several car and tire manufacturers in the hope that they will use the system.
Producers are under pressure to develop tire control systems after the US passed legislation making such systems compulsory for all new vehicles by the end of 2008.
http://www.mb.com.ph/MTRG2004122525026.html