Tire with electrically conductive pathway

A pneumatic tire comprising:

• a pair of axially opposite bead portions, wherein each bead portion of the pair of bead portions comprises a bead and a chafer;
• a tread portion;
• at least one carcass ply extending at least from one bead portion of the pair of bead portions to an axially opposite bead portion of the pair of bead portions;
• a belt portion arranged radially between the tread portion and the at least one carcass ply in a crown region of the tire;
• a pair of axially opposite sidewalls, wherein each sidewall of the pair of axially opposite sidewalls extends from an axially outer end region of the tread portion and radially inwards to a respective one of the bead portions;
• wherein the tread portion comprises at least one radially outer tread cap layer and at least one radially inner electrically conductive tread base layer;
• and wherein the tire further comprises:
• an electrically conductive rubber composition strip having a first strip end, which is i) axially between the first sidewall and an adjacent axially outer surface of the tread base layer, and ii) radially below the tread cap layer, and wherein the electrically conductive rubber composition strip extends along an axially inner side of a first sidewall of the pair of sidewalls from the first strip end at least to a respective chafer of the respective one of the bead portions adjacent the first sidewall, wherein the respective chafer is an electrically conductive chafer, wherein the electrically conductive rubber composition strip further extends along the chafer, around the bead, and further along the carcass ply to an opposite lateral side of the tire, and at least around the bead of another one of the bead portions at the opposite lateral side of the tire.