More safety, higher performance, a better driving experience...enhanced predictive capabilities: Michelin is responding to the expectations of drivers and car manufacturers by offering cutting-edge for all tire brands.
Concentrated MICHELIN know-how
At a time when vehicles become true digital platforms, 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.
With this innovation, Michelin offers a solution that transforms everyday driving beyond the tire itself: it enhances the tires, turning them into embedded brains capable of reading the road like never before.
What is a digital twin?
A digital twin is a virtual representation of an object or system throughout its operational life. It is updated with real-time data and uses physical models, machine learning methods, and reasoning-based decision-making methods.
Combined expertises
With more than 130 years 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.
The Michelin digital twin leverages real time data from sensors already present in the vehicle. It models key tire variables using advanced algorithms. The Michelin digital twin provides unprecedented visibility into the tire’s actual condition and interacts intelligently with the vehicle to optimize performance, enhance safety, and anticipate maintenance operations.
Our engineering teams have developed a digital twin that operateswithout any sensors in the tire, regardless of the brand. It turnsthis critical point of contact between the vehicle and the road into asource of intelligence—for greater safety, performance… and predictability!
a multidisciplinary platform
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. Technical specialists in signal processing, estimation methods, data science and embedded development, physicists, IT developers and marketing and sales teams...Michelin's investment in a dedicated multidisciplinary platform illustrates its strong ambitions for the tire digital twin.
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 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, for examples. Beyond these technologies, Michelin is continuing to advance its tire digital twin to introduce new solutions.
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, front/rear rotation) and is brand-agnostc.
“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.”
Load
Load
A load estimation solution for the entire vehicle, the axle, or the wheel. It provides personalized pressure recommendations adapted to real world usage.
My vehicle alerts me immediately to any overload. I can then adjust the tire pressure and drive with peace of mind, knowing 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. The first features will be available from 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
By enhancing user safety and experience, reducing costs and downtime, and extending tire lifespan, the Michelin digital twin creates value at the intersection of people’s needs, economic performance, and environmental preservation.
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.
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.
A wide diversity of partnerships
Benefit from Michelin’s full innovation leadership: the digital twin offering is developed with leading public and private partners to consolidate its leadership in this field. The Group is also strengthening its ties with the global academic network and various universities. A key example is the joint laboratory between CNRS and Michelin, called “I‑TireLab,” dedicated to advancing connected mobility through data-driven scientific solutions.
This project embodies a bold ambition: to leverage data and scientific tools to design connected mobility solutions that are more efficient, safer, and more environmentally friendly.
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
Michelin is collaborating with QNX on the SmartWear solution, notably presented at the CES 2025 fair. QNX, a division of BlackBerry, is providing its expertise in safe and reliable embedded systems, enabling SmartWear to be integrated into vehicle software architectures.
Sonatus and Michelin
Michelin, a pioneer in tire manufacturing and an innovative expert in composites, and Sonatus, a leader in software-defined and intelligence-driven vehicle technologies, showcased the latest advances in tire condition prediction and maintenance at the CES 2026 fair. This collaboration highlights how Michelin’s proven SmartLoad and SmartWear technologies, deployed via the Sonatus AI Director, deliver real-time tire-performance insights directly within the vehicle.
Hyundai and Michelin
Hyundai Motor Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Michelin to accelerate the development of innovative tire technologies that will lead the future mobility market. This partnership will notably expand virtual development capabilities and embedded tire digital twin technologies.
ETAS and Michelin
The partnership with ETAS ensures that Michelin’s unique and secure software is compatible with the AUTOSAR standard (a standard designed to meet the requirements of safety-critical systems, particularly those incorporated in ADASs).
Michelin is supporting the development of a European open-source SDV platform. This development is being conducted through the Eclipse SDV foundation, which brings together major European industry leaders, including BMW, Bosch, Mercedes, Qualcomm, Valeo... This open-source platform aims at accelerating innovation in software-defined vehicles through scalable, modular software components that comply with safety requirements for embedded systems and cloud-to-vehicle solutions. Lastly, Michelin is a member of the international COnnected VEhicle Systems Alliance (COVESA), which brings together automotive and technology players to create open standards and common technologies for accessing data from the connected vehicles of the future.