Who benefits from SIT?
Key benefits to drivers:
- SAFETY
- Properly inflated tires increase car stability and reduce the danger of blowouts.
- They also ensure a car's proper braking distance.
- FUEL EFFICIENCY
- Correct tire pressure leads to lower rolling resistance, significantly improving fuel efficiency.
- In the United States alone, 1.24 billion gallons of fuel per year can be saved by proper tire pressure.
- TIRE LONGEVITY
- Proper inflation considerably improves a tire's lifespan.
- ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS
- Less carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere.
- Less tire debris litters the roadways.
- Fewer scrap tires are generated.
- CONVENIENCE
- Drivers have confidence in knowing that their tires always operate at optimal pressure.
- Eliminates inflating tires at gas stations, for an obviously easier and cleaner solution.
Key benefits to manufacturers:
- DIFFERENTIATION
- SIT offers significant added value to end consumers.
- Its benefits are easy to communicate and relevant to today's market.
- LOW VARIABLE COSTS
- The SIT system is easy to integrate into the current tire manufacturing process.
- Production of SIT tires will be only marginally more expensive than the production of today's regular tires.
- REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
- Tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) notify the driver when a tire is under-inflated. TPMS are already required in the USA and soon will be required by other countries.
- SIT addresses the core problem of tire under-inflation directly. It works independently, but also in combination with TPMS.