Tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) are relatively new additions to your car’s suite of sensors. At least if you’re old enough to remember when keeping an eye on tire pressures was boasted about ...
Do tire pressure sensors use individual batteries (that may last only 10 years) rather than the car’s electrical system? Could such a battery replacement cost about $85 for each wheel? What about ...
LIVONIA, Mich., Feb. 17 / PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE: TRW) the global leader in automotive safety systems, today announced it has secured its first production contract ...
Future systems will employ SAW (surface-acoustic-wave) sensors to eliminate batteries. Direct-digital downconversion enables operation at region-independent 2.45 GHz. In any civilized nation today, ...
Do you remember the Pirelli Cyber Tire? No, it’s not an angular nightmare clad in stainless steel. Rather, it’s a sensor-equipped tire that can inform the car it’s fitted to what’s happening, both ...