It was the year 2001 and Pirelli launched the famous Run Flat, the tire that continued to make it possible to travel even if it was punctured. Since then, 70 million of these super tires have been produced and today for future autonomous driving systems, Run Flat technology will play an important role in allowing vehicle control in an emergency, allowing systems to steer the car. insecurity.
“In these 20 years – they explain to Pirelli – our engineers have developed over a thousand models of tires with Run Flat technology, which allows you to continue driving for 80 kilometers at a maximum speed of 80 km / h and replace the punctured tire at maximum. safety. A solution adopted by many car manufacturers who have requested Run Flat tires as original equipment on their new cars, such as: Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Alfa Romeo. During this period, Pirelli has produced more than 70 millions of tires equipped with this technology, including summer, winter and four seasons, some of which have been mounted on the most prestigious and performing cars of recent times among almost all of the BMW and Mini range, a good part of that Mercedes, the Alfa Romeo Giulia, Audi Q5 and Q7 “.
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