On April 11, it was reported that recently, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, welcomed an important smart city cooperation project. Sumitomo Rubber (China) Co., Ltd. and the Suzhou High-Speed Railway New City Management Committee officially signed the "Memorandum of Cooperation on Realizing Suzhou Smart City", marking a new step in government-enterprise cooperation in the field of smart city construction. The signing of this memorandum will not only promote the application of Sumitomo Rubber's unique "core sensing" technology in smart transportation systems, but also be an important part of Suzhou City's smart city development strategy.

The memorandum clarifies that Sumitomo Rubber will provide tires and related tire sensing knowledge and technology for demonstration testing of autonomous vehicles. The company has long been committed to the research and development of tire technology. By integrating professional knowledge of tire development with wheel speed signal analysis technology, it has successfully developed "core sensing" technology, which can detect road surface and tire conditions in real time, providing safe driving for autonomous vehicles. Provide important support.

According to the Carbon Black Industry Network, since June 2023, Sumitomo Rubber has carried out testing activities on "core sensing" technology in Suzhou City, a smart city pilot demonstration area, with the goal of incorporating this technology into the safe driving industry standard for autonomous vehicles. At the recent China-Japan (Suzhou) Local Development Cooperation Demonstration Zone event, Sumitomo Rubber further demonstrated the technology and reached a more in-depth cooperation agreement with the Suzhou High-Speed Railway New City Management Committee.

Shen Yiming, director of the Suzhou High-speed Railway New City Management Committee, said at the event that he will accelerate industrial agglomeration and innovation, combine Sumitomo Rubber's technological advantages, and jointly promote the construction of intelligent networked road infrastructure and application scenarios, with a view to creating a globally competitive smart car Connected industrial cluster. This cooperation will not only inject new impetus into the construction of smart transportation and smart cities in Suzhou City and even the wider region, but also write a new chapter in Sino-Japanese industrial cooperation.

Tomohiko Masuda, chairman and general manager of Sumitomo Rubber (China) Co., Ltd., also emphasized the company's commitment to technological innovation. He said that further improvements in "core sensing" technology will contribute to the realization of a safe and accident-free transportation society. Looking to the future, Sumitomo Rubber plans to continue to deepen cooperation with Suzhou City to promote the construction of smart cities in China and actively explore the application possibilities of this technology in other regions of China.