Michelin connects tires to vehicles
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Enhanced safety, a better driving experience, positive environmental impact... Michelin is responding to the expectations of drivers and car manufacturers by offering cutting-edge connected solutions for all tire brands.
Concentrated MICHELIN know-how
At a time when vehicles are increasingly connected, the number of electric vehicles is rising steadily, and the Group is moving towards a sustainable growth model, Michelin believes that tire connectivity is an essential driver to achieve its ambitions and meet its customers’ expectations.
Michelin can draw on its ability to leverage the full value of usage data and its physical knowledge of tires (materials, performance, tire/vehicle/road interactions) and offer car manufacturers innovative connected solutions that are precise, easy to integrate, and compatible with all tire brands.
Combined expertises
With its unrivaled culture of service and over a century of expertise in tire physics and vehicle dynamics, Michelin has developed a deep understanding of usage and driver behavior. Michelin's rigorous interpretation of that data and its expertise in creating cutting-edge algorithms enable it to offer precise and relevant analyses for its customers’ benefit. As input for those algorithms, Michelin prioritizes data that is already available in the vehicle. When necessary, the Group also offers tire-mounted sensors that provide access to advanced features and precise tire identification.
Thanks to our knowledge of tires, our precise, reliable, and easy-to-deploy solutions can be used with any brand.
Even more important is having the flexibility to integrate the software into different vehicle architectures and offer a turnkey solution for car manufacturers.
The challenge for our engineering teams is developing solutions that aren’t just precise but that can also accommodate all types and brands of tires and all the use cases on the market, with or without tire-mounted or in-vehicle sensors and without using any personal data. To develop our solutions, we rely not only on the expertise of over 50 dedicated engineers but also on trusted partners.
Creating value from data
Michelin has been able to develop a unique ability to create value from data by using a comprehensive approach that combines several different types of expertise, from collecting data to recommending or proposing solutions to customers.
Safety, driving experience, and durability
Wear, pressure, load, rolling resistance, grip
Two predictive maintenance solutions are central to Michelin’s offer: tire wear monitoring and end-of-life prediction and pressure monitoring with slow leak detection and critical threshold estimation.
Michelin is progressively expanding its connected solutions to additional areas, beyond wear and pressure. Its solutions have covered vehicle load measurement since 2025 and will be adding tire rolling resistance and grip estimation to detect hydroplaning risks in the future.
Did you know?
Michelin is recognized as a pioneer and leader in low rolling resistance tires. Over the past twenty years, Michelin has increased the energy efficiency of its passenger car tires by 20%, without compromising safety and longevity.
Wear
Wear
MICHELIN SmartWear is tire wear measurement and end-of-life prediction solution. It covers all use cases (summer/winter tire changes, tire rotation) and is brand agnostic, for all connected cars.
“What I love is that my car sends me an alert to change my tires at the right time. That means I can optimize their lifespan and prevent waste.”
“With the best on-board assistance systems, I have peace of mind on the road. My car adapts to my tires’ status in real time, which really makes me feel safe. “
Pressure
Pressure
The MICHELIN SmartLeak algorithm gives drivers early warning of air leaks using TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) data and indicates a prediction of how much time is left.
“My car warns me as soon as I start losing pressure and tells me how long I have until I hit a critical threshold. It also indicates the optimal pressure to maintain for safe driving.”
TIRE ID
TIRE ID
Thanks to the MICHELIN sensor, the vehicle can always identify its tires. That connectivity enables car manufacturers to improve the driving experience by leveraging the tires’ full performance potential.
Load
Load
We use an algorithm alone or a sensor mounted on the tire paired with an algorithm to monitor the vehicle’s load. The load can be estimated for the vehicle or for an axle or wheel.
“My vehicle alerts me anytime there is an overload or a weight distribution problem. I can drive with peace of mind, knowing that everything is under control.”
Rolling resistance
Rolling resistance
"The remaining range on my electric car is very reliable. No matter what time of year it is or what conditions are like, I can trust the information on my battery's remaining range.”
GRIP & HYDRO
GRIP & HYDRO
The Michelin SmartGrip solution provides information to the vehicle's advanced driving assistance services (ADAS), including maximum grip prediction and hydroplaning prevention, and improves systems like ABS. Available in 2026.
“My vehicle has great handling performance: I can feel its agility and stability, so I feel safe no matter what the road conditions are like.”
Sustainable and cost-effective solutions
According to our most recent study, 50% of drivers have replaced their tires before they reached a tread depth of 3 mm, losing out on 25% of their lifespan. Our connected solutions are designed to keep tires on the road longer and save materials and CO2, to benefit both the planet and drivers’ bank accounts.
Michelin, a preferred partner for electric vehicles
Battery weight, high torque, regenerative braking, range, low noise level — the need to factor in all these specific electric vehicle characteristics means that consumers and automotive manufacturers are increasingly focusing on tires. While the longevity and energy efficiency of MICHELIN tires are key to dealing with the impact of increased vehicle weights, MICHELIN's predictive maintenance solutions are also valuable assets for electric vehicle performance. Optimal tire pressure is essential for good grip, particularly on electric vehicles, which often have instant torque. Predictive maintenance enables real-time monitoring of tire status, which helps maintain the right pressure and improve grip on the road. Well-maintained tires also have lower rolling resistance, which helps increase electric vehicles’ range. Predictive maintenance solutions maximize energy efficiency by analyzing tire wear and making preventive adjustments.
our disruptive products
MICHELIN SmartWear
Michelin started work on developing the SmartWear algorithm over a decade ago. MICHELIN SmartWear is a proven solution for tire wear monitoring and end-of-life prediction. MICHELIN SmartWear uses real-time data from the vehicle’s sensors, so it doesn't require any dedicated tire-mounted sensors. Its objective is to predict when the tire will reach the end of its life, even with irregular wear. It works like a physical gage: whenever the vehicle is in motion, the algorithm calculates an estimate of the tires’ tread depth based on real-time signals from the vehicle. That means you have continuous monitoring of your tires’ wear level. MICHELIN SmartWear is designed for easy integration into a manufacturer environment. It can be partly vehicle-based and partly cloud-based or entirely vehicle-based, in compliance with automotive standards. For example, MICHELIN SmartWear is already integrated into the QNX® Cabin platform.
MICHELIN SmartLeak
When it comes to punctures and pressure loss, our MICHELIN SmartLeak algorithm detects slow leaks early and can predict when they will become critical thanks to data from the TPMS. Is it a question of minutes (fast leak), hours, or days? We can then recommend locations to repair or reinflate the tire. That gives drivers greater peace of mind. Our solution offers significant advantages over the existing TPMS systems on the market, which only alert drivers once the tire pressure is abnormal.
Tire ID
Thanks to the MICHELIN sensor, the vehicle can always identify its tires. That connectivity offers car manufacturers a range of possibilities to improve the driving experience by leveraging our tires’ full performance potential. What if your car could make your ride more comfortable depending on the tires mounted on it, by automatically adjusting its suspension?
What factors affect tire wear?
Tire wear depends on many different factors: the type of vehicle, the category of tires, road conditions, usage conditions, and even the weather. Precise measurements of tire wear are particularly complex because they require taking a whole host of interconnected variables into account. That is why Michelin started developing the SmartWear algorithm over a decade ago.
Trusted partners
Michelin and Brembo to improve braking
Brembo, the global leader in high-performance braking system design, development, and production, and Michelin have signed an agreement to revolutionize vehicle performance and offer drivers unrivaled levels of safety and comfort. This partnership combines the two companies’ areas of expertise: excellence in braking systems, vehicle modeling, and artificial intelligence for Brembo and tire modeling and algorithm development for Michelin. This innovation is based on a continuous real-time data exchange between Brembo's revolutionary SENSIFY® braking system and the grip data transmitted by Michelin's connected solutions. This unique tire data has enabled the engineers on the project to develop an exceptionally precise braking system.Michelin and QNX® Cabin for Plug and Play integration
Michelin teamed up with BlackBerry to integrate MICHELIN SmartWear into vehicles. QNX® Cabin provides with a cutting-edge in-vehicle software platform connected to the cloud which helps automotive manufacturers and their partners deploy new applications in vehicles. QNX® Cabin makes that possible by providing secure, standardized access to vehicle data. Its benefits include shorter development times and optimized data processing thanks to in-vehicle processing and easier cloud access.