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Time to invest in tire companies! A family member got quite a shock when buying winter tires for their car, the extra weight of the battery necessitated higher
by monkeybutton 4y ago
Time to invest in tire companies! A family member got quite a shock when buying winter tires for their car, the extra weight of the battery necessitated higher rated and more expensive tires.
- nradov 4y agoBEVs also generally wear out tires slightly faster due to higher weight and greater motor torque compared to similarly sized ICE vehicles.
- r00fus 4y agoWhich is why you need BEV rated tires. My 2017 FocusEV (with > 50k miles) has it's OG tires from 2017 and recently had a tire guy tell me "no it's got a lot of life left" when I thought about replacing them.
- gwbas1c 4y agoThe factory tires from my Tesla only lasted 3 years. I had a Leaf for 4 years and never changed the tires.