I think they were making a joke. You’re talking about the wheels. The tires are ...

femto · on Aug 25, 2022

https://rfid.michelin.com/what-is-rfid/

It's not a complete joke. Lots of tyres contain RFID chips for inventory control.

Michelin consider it's an asset that the "Tire tag can be read even when the tire is moving or rolling"

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Edit: Just realised that "Someone" posted the same comment 4 hours ago.

reliefcrew · on Aug 25, 2022

Could be. That said... the sensor is generally referred to as a "tire pressure" sensor, not a "wheel pressure" sensor. No sense in nit-picking though.

The point is they'd put a fart detector in the cabin (and send that data to the mother-ship too) if they thought it would be profitable.

:-)