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EVs rip through tires lol


Eh, not really. Teslas tend to, because Tesla's slowest car is pretty fast. A typical EV driven by a normal driver gets pretty average life out of a set of tires.


Sadly, that’s not true. The large amount of low end torque leads to different rubber, etc.

Also, due to range anxiety, they tend to use low rolling resistance tires that wear more.

I spend more on tires than electricity for my EV, so I can imagine someone offering low efficiency / low wear tires as an option.

The above leads to about 20% more tire dust on average.


Sadly HN downvote me anyway lol


Yours wasn't a really substantive answer. The next person provided more details and didn't add 'lol' at the end of his short statement. Just some feedback if you want people to accept your points more often!


> EVs rip through tires lol

Yes, they do. Even our lowly Fiat 500e's consumed tires much faster than any of our ICE cars.

It's not just raw power, which a Fiat 500e doesn't have much.

It's the fact that with an electric motor you have 100% torque at 0rpm starting from a standstill, which is when there is most opportunity to briefly spin the tire. Tire wear is much reduced when driving in a straight line at a constant speed.




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