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In an effort to develop tires with low rolling resistance, nonpneumatic tires (NPTs) with low viscoelastic energy loss materials are receiving more attention. For better design of NPTs on fuel efficiency, one may need to analyze rolling energy loss of NPT at a component level. The objective of this study is to develop a tool to quantify rolling energy loss and the corresponding internal heat generation of NPTs at a component level. For varying vehicle loads and rolling speeds, we suggest a thermo-mechanical model of an NPT with hexagonal cellular spokes and investigate temperature distribution of the NPT generated by hysteresis and convection loss into air. Using a hyper-viscoelastic material model developed from uniaxial (tensile and compression) tests and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), a thermo-mechanical model is developed by combining a longitudinal shear deformation induced hysteresis and a cooling procedure exposed to air.