Pirelli and Bosch have signed a joint development agreement. It aims at jointly creating new software-based solutions and driving functions thanks to sensors integrated into tires, also known as in-tire sensors. For drivers, this means greater control, comfort, and sustainability, as well as improved driving dynamics. Bosch and Pirelli share the vision of working long term and have the intention to explore together enhanced tire signal computing logic as potential input for enhanced vehicle dynamic controllers.

Tyres enter the data era

Pirelli Cyber Tyre is the world’s first system based on tires with integrated sensors that collect data and transmit it to the vehicle to be processed in real time. Bosch has already developed an ESP application specifically adapted to Pirelli tires in an initial joint project with the hypercar manufacturer Pagani Automobili. The “Pirelli Cyber Tyre” technology on the Pagani Utopia Roadster transmits key tire information to the ESP control unit. This enables optimal use of the individual properties and performance of the tires, providing enhanced greatest control and tailored driving conditions.

As a global supplier of technology and services, Bosch contributes its system-level hardware and software expertise to the development cooperation. Bosch is also a leader in MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) sensor technology and develops and manufactures tire pressure sensors using the “Bluetooth Low Energy” (BLE) standard. By merging this expertise with Pirelli’s in-tire devices technologies—both hardware and software, algorithms, and tire modeling, it will be possible to collect, process, and transmit real-time tire data to provide parameters for the vehicle’s electronic control system, using BLE with very low power consumption. Pirelli and Bosch now aim to exploit Bosch MEMS technology for in-tire applications.