Sigmavision Limited

Poor monitoring of tyre wear is a major source of waste in fuel, tyres and CO2 emissions for commercial vehicles and passenger cars. Infrequent tyre checks also results in the failure to detect illegal tyres that compromise road safety. UK surveys indicate >3.6 million vehicles 11%) have at least one illegal tyre that lead to >40 deaths pa. Moreover, this...

Poorly maintained and under-inflated tyres severely affect vehicle fuel efficiency. A recent European study of passenger cars estimates that each year 10% tyre under-inflation generates £2.4 billion in wasted fuel and 4.8 million tonnes excess CO2 emissions (1). This also means 12.2 million tyres are removed from service each year due to accelerated tyre ...