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Re:Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low by sfblah on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:42PM (#40444569)
People who live in Tahoe would love to have a word with you about how terrible the typical Tesla driver is during ski season, but ok. For snow driving, you're going to want something more practical, and snow tires.
Re:Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low by qwerpy on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @03:02PM (#40444816)
You’re right, kind of. I got snow tires for my model Y and it has been great for ski trips or even down the hill during the rare PNW snow.

A Tesla with summer (maybe even all season) tires, its monstrous torque, and regenerative braking, is definitely not a good winter car for the uninitiated.

Re:Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low by ajross on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:50PM (#40444672)
Stop it, it takes me into the cascades regularly. An AWD EV with 3MPSF tires is the best snow vehicle I've ever driven. Why do people do this? That's just trivially falsifiable.
Re:Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low by XajniN on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @10:11PM (#40449610)
The force (weight of a car in this case) and the material of the contact surfaces are the biggest (theoretically the only) factors affecting the friction. But the members of the US Summer Tire Club don’t get that.