Manufacturing Technology. X:X | DOI: 10.21062/mft.2026.014

Experimental Solution of the Influence of Tire Pressure on Vehicle Consumption and their Service Life

Patrik Balcar ORCID...1, Martin Svoboda ORCID...1, Milan Chalupa ORCID...2, Milan Sapieta ORCID...3, Pavel Houška ORCID...1, Alexandr Fales ORCID...1, Martin Novák ORCID...1
1 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem. Pasteurova 3334/7, 400 01 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
Faculty of Military Technology, University of Defence in Brno, Czech Republic
3 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Univerzity of Zilina. Unierzitna 1, 010 26 Zilina. Slovak Republic

This article deals with the experimental investigation of the influence of tire pressure on fuel consumption and tire life in passenger cars. Using laboratory and real-world operational measurements, the dependence between tire pressure and temperature, contact patch size, tread wear, and changes in driving characteristics was analyzed. The results show that even slight deviations from the prescribed pressure can lead to increased fuel consumption, shortened tire life, and reduced driving comfort and safety. The article also draws attention to the insufficient use of pressure monitoring systems in practice and points to the economic and ecological impacts of underinflation. The experimental data are supplemented with graphs and tables that demonstrate the influence of pressure on tire behavior during driving.

Keywords: Passenger car, Experiment, Tire wear, Tire pressure, Driving comfort
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This article was created with the support of grant UJEP-SGS-2024-48-001-2

Received: September 26, 2025; Revised: December 11, 2025; Accepted: March 16, 2026; Prepublished online: March 25, 2026 

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