Yokohama Geolandar tyres OE on new Mazda CX-90

The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. is supplying its Geolandar X-CV tyres as original equipment (OE) for Mazda Motor Corporation’s new crossover SUV, the Mazda CX-90, sales of which were launched in the United States in April 2023. The CX-90, which is not being sold in Yokohama’s home Japanese market, is being fitted with 265/55 R19 109V tyres.

Yokohama reports that the tyres supplied as OE for the Mazda CX-90 were developed by utilizing specialized tuning to match their tread pattern, profile, and tyre structure to the vehicle characteristics, while also using Yokohama Rubber’s proprietary HAICoLab, an AI-based development framework that aims to foster new discoveries and digital innovation by merging human inspiration and creativity with AI’s enormous data processing capability.

To achieve the quiet ride properties, an optimal pitch sequence was obtained using evolutionary computation (genetic algorithms), one of the technologies incorporated in HAICoLab. The innovative technologies applied in development of the tyres are based on new knowledge obtained by collecting actual data and virtual data generated by simulations and then using AI’s predict, analyze and search functions.

Yokohama joins Sumitomo Rubber Industries as an OE supplier for the Mazda CX-90. For its part, Sumitomo announced in April 2023 that its Falken tyres would be supplied as OE for Mazda CX-90.