Goodyear – Best Tyre Design | Smart City Awards 2017

With 48 manufacturing facilities in 21 countries, Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tyre companies.

It has 2 Innovation Centres where it develops high-tech solutions to the rapidly changing Automotive industry – the latest of which being the concept Goodyear Eagle 360 Urban. The company is transforming the relationship between tyres, vehicles and their surroundings with this tyre by using vehicle-to-everything (V2X) connectivity and AI.

The deep learning algorithms allow the tyre to use its bionic skin to improve braking, handling and efficiency while manoeuvring, as the V2X connectivity shares real-time information about driving conditions.