Bosch and Pirelli have announced a joint software-development agreement for the tyre-maker’s in-tyre sensors as part of its CyberTyre programme.
As we found at Goodwood Festival of Speed, Horacio Pagani is a fan of the technology (see here) – aside from the benefits in terms of safety, comfort and sustainability, he believes that integrating real-time tyre monitoring into a car’s dynamics will further enhance driving pleasure. The CyberTyre works via integrated sensors that collect and transmit data to the vehicle in real time.
Bosch has already developed an ESP application for the Pagani Utopia Roadster; this transmits key tyre information to the ESP control unit. Bosch and Pirelli will now collaborate further in jointly developing software programmes for the cyber tyre.
Bosch says: “Merging this expertise with Pirelli’s in-tyre devices technologies – hardware and software, algorithms and tyre modelling – it will be possible to collect, process and transmit real-time tyre data to provide parameters for the vehicle’s electronic control system, using Bluetooth Low Energy with very low power consumption.”
The technology has been around for some time, with Audi and McLaren among the first to seize upon the opportunities it offers. The Pagani Utopia Roadster, however, will be the first car to use the technology from the starting point. The opportunities for the tyre technology could develop further; imagine having your tyres warmed up by the car before heading out on track.
We’ve yet to hear how precisely the technology has been integrated with Pagani’s dynamics system. We’d love to find out by having a go, however…
More information is available here.
