- The Pirelli Cyber Tire gathers data and sends it to your car and to the cloud. - It could even send data to cars bnehind you to warn about potholes, rain, snow, and ice so you can adjust your driving accordingly. - No date for production, but they will be made in the U.S., Pirelli said. Pirelli just announced a major step forward in its strategy to transform tires into AI-enabled road-monitoring agents, the company said at the recent SelectUSA Investment Summit, where it presented what it has named its Cyber Tire technology. Toward that end, the Italian tiremaker acquired a 30 percent stake in Swedish AI company Univrses, strengthening the integration of advanced computer vision technologies into Pirelli’s Cyber Tire system. Wait, what is this? “Cyber Tire is the world’s first hardware-and-software system capable of collecting data and information from sensors embedded in tires,” the company said, “processing them through Pirelli’s proprietary software and algorithms, and, by communicating in real time with the vehicle’s electronics, enabling new functionalities integrated with driving and control systems to enhance the driving experience and increase safety levels, as well as supporting connected infrastructure.” What, exactly, can this do? A lot of things. “The accelerometer detects forces but also road condition, roughness, irregularities, holes, whatever,” said Piero Misani, chief technical officer and head of Cyber Tire business at Pirelli. In addition to, say potholes, it can detect water, ice, or snow on the road and, in the future, anyway, send that data to cars behind it so they know to slow down. “Cars will be more and more connected,” Misani said. “Of course, this information may be used not only inside the single car for steering and braking control, but also to inform others of critical situations. The point is that the cars