Maxion Wheels has unveiled the industry’s first commercial vehicle connected wheel safety technology from its booth (Hall 26 / Booth E47) at the 66th International Motor Show IAA Commercial Vehicle trade fair.
MaxSmart combines Maxion’s market-leading truck steel wheels with sensor technology to capture and communicate a broad range of wheel and tire data to both driver and fleet.
Maxion Wheels CEO Pieter Klinkers said: "Driver and road safety is one of our industry’s biggest issues. By collecting comprehensive data from the wheel sensor and communicating it to the driver and fleet at the right time, we want to support prevention of accidents, and avoidance of expensive vehicle repairs.
“Maxion Wheels’ MaxSmart wheel uses the kinetic energy from the wheels’ motion to continuously power the sensors that are collecting and communicating wheel load, clamp force to the axle, and tire pressure and temperature. This information is uploaded to both the vehicle and cloud, providing vehicle safety intelligence to both driver and fleet.”
MaxSmart is currently in testing and is expected to be ready for production in 2017.