Speron 2020 - Optimal tyre design for electric cars (Leisstra 3, part project 4)

​The engine of electric cars is very different in sound from traditional combustion engines. In addition the forces acting between tyre and road during acceleration are substantial higher for electric cars. This demands a different tyre optimisation where at low driving speed it would be appreciable to have a somewhat noisier tyre to increase the awareness for pedestrians. At the same time the design should not increase noise at medium and high speed where tyre/road noise is very strong and dominant. 

The project is carried out at the Division of Applied Acoustics in the researchgroup Vibroacoustics.

More information can be found at the Leisstra homepage

This project is related to Leisstra 3, part project 1 and part project 2.

Keywords: electric cars, tyre design

• Wolfgang Kropp

  Full Professor/Research Group Leader, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Applied Acoustics, Vibroacoustics

  Wolfgang Kropp is a professor at the division of applied acoustics, and deputy head of the department of architecture and civil engineering and vice head, research. He is also the head of the...