NIRA Dynamics announces strategic collaboration with Sensata to develop Tire Tread Depth Monitor Solution

Sensata’s new tire Tread Depth Monitoring (TDM) solution, powered by NIRA Dynamics’ tread wear estimation software, provides vehicle OEMs, drivers and fleets with timely alerts when tires have worn to unsafe levels and need servicing.

The software-based TDM system can be integrated into existing Electronic Control Units (ECU), allowing vehicle manufacturers to quickly implement the solution across platforms without the need for custom software development.

Linköping, Sweden, March 16, 2022 – NIRA Dynamics today announced a new collaboration with Sensata Technologies (NYSE: ST), to deliver an accurate and robust tire Tread Depth Monitoring (TDM) ‘virtual sensor’ system for automotive OEMs that optimizes tire health and improves vehicle safety, efficiency and uptime. The TDM solution, provided by Sensata, powered by NIRA Dynamics’ tread wear estimation software, is designed to give vehicle OEMs, drivers and fleets timely alerts when tires have worn to unsafe levels and need servicing.

Combining Sensata Technologies’ expertise in automotive sensors with NIRA Dynamics’ proficiency in developing embedded software and cloud services, the TDM solution adds new safety and maintenance capabilities to Sensata’s market-leading tire safety products. The virtual sensor system is a new, innovative technology that gathers and combines data from multiple existing sensors on a vehicle, to provide accurate information about tire wear and tear.

This software-based system uses a complex algorithm that monitors the tire tread’s decreasing depth, while compensating for a wide range of real-world environmental challenges. The system tracks tires through changes and rotations and provides a more comprehensive solution than just measuring the distance travelled. The virtual TDM can be integrated into existing Electronic Control Units (ECU) and is designed to adapt to work with many combinations of tire and vehicle designs. Vehicle manufacturers can quickly introduce and implement the solution across vehicle platforms without the need for custom software development.

Eric Sorret, Vice President of Automotive at Sensata technologies said, “We’re excited to collaborate with NIRA Dynamics on new technology for the automotive industry. Sensata has developed tire technologies for over 20 years, and we believe that this new virtual sensor builds on this experience and takes it to the next level. Using and analyzing data already being captured by other sensors, this solution provides accurate and useful information to our customers.”

Lisa Åbom, CEO at NIRA Dynamics, shared, “The cooperation between NIRA and Sensata is a perfect match. By combining our experience in vehicle data cloud services with Sensata’s tire safety products, infrastructure, and extensive customer base, we can offer vehicle manufacturers additional insights and information for customers without the need to fit additional hardware on the vehicle. This solution will improve safety, creating more driver awareness about the quality of their tires to decrease the number of tire-related accidents.”