China TPMS regulations “on the drawing board”

A Taiwan based news source has reported claims by a domestic vehicle components supplier that China intends to make the fitment of tyre pressure monitoring systems mandatory on new cars. Kim Tsai, chairman of Mobiletron Electronics, aims for his firm to seize at least ten per cent of the market boosted by this policy – a market expected to create business opportunities in excess of NT$20 billion (£422 million).

According to a China Economic News Service article published on March 11, Tsai referred to TPMS regulations in China as being “on the drawing board.” The Mobiletron chairman is said to be a member of the panel establishing a national TPMS standard for China, and he explained that the new policy would initially require TPMS fitment on a quarter of all new cars sold in China, with this increasing to 50 per cent after a year.