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Re:A city fights back against heavyweight cars by monkeybutton on Friday May 27, 2022 @03:30PM (#31533831)
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.
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Re:A city fights back against heavyweight cars by nradov on Friday May 27, 2022 @03:38PM (#31533931)
BEVs also generally wear out tires slightly faster due to higher weight and greater motor torque compared to similarly sized ICE vehicles.
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Re:A city fights back against heavyweight cars by r00fus on Friday May 27, 2022 @04:11PM (#31534321)
Which 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.
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Re:A city fights back against heavyweight cars by gwbas1c on Friday May 27, 2022 @05:30PM (#31535162)
The factory tires from my Tesla only lasted 3 years. I had a Leaf for 4 years and never changed the tires.
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