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Presumably this is a joke. Mine lasted 5 years, 50k miles.
by jayd16 1y ago
Presumably this is a joke. Mine lasted 5 years, 50k miles.
- jader201 1y agoNo, it’s not a joke. EVs are heavier vehicles, and it’s common for EV owners to have to change tires much more frequently. https://www.cars.com/articles/do-evs-wear-through-tires-more-quickly-than-gasoline-cars-481973/ https://www.cars.com/articles/do-evs-wear-through-tires-more...
- jeffbee 1y agoIt's only common because Tesla is popular. Other brands put reasonable tires on.
- jader201 1y agoAnecdotally, I own a Kia EV6, and had to get new tires within two years, under 20k miles. I leave it in eco mode, so acceleration is nerfed, too. We’ll see how long the new set of Michelin Defenders last.
- jeffbee 1y agoSome models of the EV6 come with Pilot Sport 4S tires which is absurd.
- YZF 1y agoI have a model 3 and still running my original set of summer and set of winter tires. 6+ years. I just don't put pedal to metal every time I accelerate.
- loeg 1y agoThe tires that came on my Kia EV9 are bad in several dimensions (Kumho Crugen HP71) -- poor longevity, poor winter performance. People seem to get 15-20,000 miles out of them. (I replaced them with CrossClimate2s.)
- JKCalhoun 1y agoI assumed instead they were soft compound tires with a low treadwear number. Nice for "sport" driving but they wear very quickly.
- KennyBlanken 1y agoAll the people claiming EVs wear tires faster probably don't have the slightest idea that tires even have treadwear ratings. That coupled with the total uselessness of personal anecdotes... Performance oriented EVs, just like performance oriented ICE cars, are going to have softer, stickier tires that wear faster.
- loeg 1y ago> Performance oriented EVs, just like performance oriented ICE cars, are going to have softer, stickier tires that wear faster. brtkwr has a Kia Niro, not a Taycan. It's not a performance vehicle. That said, I agree he's likely got tires with shit longevity.