Jan 1, 2006 12:00 PM

SmarTire Systems Inc announced that its new wireless gateway product line will carry the SmartWave brand.

The SmartWave brand will apply to all products developed under SmarTire's wireless gateway architecture. Under the SmartWave brand, the company will initially introduce three versions of its tire pressure and monitoring systems — Alert, Plus, and Fleet — to meet the varying needs of fleet customers. Alert provides basic safety features, while Plus offers additional functions that enable a fleet to achieve savings in fuel and tire costs. SmarTire's Fleet product will supply off-vehicle communications to the Fleet's service centers. Fleet will provide additional information such as tire history, diagnostic, and prognostic information.

SmarTire is evaluating more wireless sensing and control applications that will use the same architecture to provide value where traditional wired systems are not competitive or are difficult to implement.