Michelin adds to its tyre safety portfolio

The solution combines information from the Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), patented drive-over tread reading technology and telematics data, with predictive algorithms to provide fleets with key insights. This allows them to monitor, manage and proactively anticipate tyre-related maintenance issues.

This facilitates better scheduling of maintenance with the operator’s tyre service provider. It also reduces the incidences of roadside events such as tyre deflations, which boosts fleet efficiency and productivity, as well as helping road transport operators to avoid incurring potential penalties for missed deliveries.

Ultimately, fleets using the technology can run their tyres for longer by accurately tracking the tread wear over time, confident that they are safe, legal and fuel efficient. Doing so will enhance the sustainability of their operations, reducing their carbon footprint. It will also help them in controlling their tyre costs by utilising every millimetre of usable rubber on the tyres within the fleet.

Smart Predictive Tyre was piloted in Spain last. Data from real world results comparing three months of fleet use vs the three-month period prior, showed a reduction in tyre-related incidents of up to 80 per cent, a 10 per cent improvement in tyre life and a 3 per cent reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

Maxime Dupuy, UK sales director, Michelin Connected Fleet, said:

Smart Predictive Tyre is the first time we combine our know-how in connected fleet solutions, our expertise in tyres and services with our own technologies to bring added value to our customers. Michelin Connected Fleet helps improve operator’s performance, simplify maintenance, increase the uptime of assets and reduce their environmental impact.