Mumbai, Oct. 29 -- Yokohama Rubber and Alps Alpine Company are conducting joint R&D on passenger car tyre sensors, the company has said. Yokohama is conducting R&D with a view to developing a solutions business that uses digital tools to process and manage data about tyre wear and road surface conditions in addition to its previous R&D on tyre pressure monitoring. We believe it is also important to develop systems and applications that provide data obtained from tires to drivers and certain other parties. Such systems and apps are widely expected to add value to new tire business. Accordingly, we are accelerating the development of tire sensors through a joint development effort with Alps Alpine.

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