Kumho Tire’s R&D middle in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province / Courtesy of Kumho Tire
Kumho Tire is transferring to guide tech-driven future mobility by proactively making use of massive information and synthetic intelligence (AI) for new tire improvement, the corporate mentioned Wednesday.
The tire agency has constructed what it calls a “tire digital twin” atmosphere that predicts optimum tire compounds and their efficiency by using a digital simulation program. This allows the corporate to develop tires extra shortly and exactly.
The corporate is increasing its presence in sensible tires, which monitor circumstances in real-time by embedded sensor modules. The sensible tires alert drivers to potential dangers on the highway.
In September, Kumho Tire signed a memorandum of understanding with Autonomous A2Z, a self-driving tech developer, to collectively develop and provide next-generation tires for autonomous automobiles.
A ROii Degree 4 autonomous bus is supplied with tires equipped by Kumho Tire. Courtesy of Kumho Tire
Autonomous A2Z just lately positioned eleventh amongst international autonomous driving tech companies, marking a major milestone because the highest-ranking Korean startup, based on market researcher Guidehouse.
Kumho Tire’s partnership with A2Z allows the tire agency to provide tires for ROii, a Korean-developed Degree 4 autonomous bus. The automobile made headlines after it was deployed on the 2025 Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province.
The tire maker plans to commercialize future-oriented tires appropriate for Degree 4 or greater autonomous automobiles within the subsequent 4 years. Specifically, sensible sensor-based tires and airless tire applied sciences are anticipated to considerably improve the protection and effectivity of autonomous driving, Kumho Tire mentioned.
The agency additionally stays dedicated to sustainability, setting a purpose to alter all of its tire uncooked supplies to sustainable sources by 2045. In 2023, it efficiently developed a tire with 80 p.c sustainable supplies.
“Kumho Tire goals to develop a greater mobility expertise by collaborating with premium carmakers and constantly advancing our R&D to introduce main merchandise,” an organization official mentioned.
“Via the event of numerous next-generation merchandise and applied sciences, we are going to exhibit Kumho Tire’s competitiveness not solely in Korea, however on the worldwide stage. Kumho Tire will proceed to evolve right into a model worthy of the title ‘technology-driven tire maker’ in keeping with the way forward for mobility.”
