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It's only common because Tesla is popular. Other brands put reasonable tires on.
Anecdotally, 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.
I pick up a bad screw every year from careless Ute drivers with leaky toolboxes and have to throw 1-2 tyres in the bin. Tyre wear isn't that important to me.
That's your choice.
We jack the car, pull the wheel, extract the screws, and use a tyre plug kit.
Howto repair tubeless tyres with plugs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCwWPlaghfs
Tyres with inner tubes can also be repaired, that's slightly more involved.
We should obviously ban combustion engine cars, at least starting with cities. I can’t think of a single clearer win for air quality.
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No, 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...
It's only common because Tesla is popular. Other brands put reasonable tires on.
We should obviously ban combustion engine cars, at least starting with cities. I can’t think of a single clearer win for air quality.
I've owned a Pirus (hybrid), Camry Hybrid and now a Rav4 Hybrid plus a MG4 EV.
The rav and MG4 are too new to count, but the other two I owned for about 10-13 years each.. we NEVER needed to change the brake pads.
Not once.
If you're having to change the brake pads on a car like this, you're a leadfoot with no core strength issues :-P
An an EV owner, I can testify that the tyre wear more than makes up for the reduction in brake dust. I’ve had to change tyres every 10K miles.
We should obviously ban combustion engine cars, at least starting with cities. I can’t think of a single clearer win for air quality.
B100 is almost carbon neutral, and has the energy density necessary for commercial logistics. Finding responsible manufacturing methods is far more feasible.
EV only make sense with distributed generation like home solar. =3
We should obviously ban combustion engine cars, at least starting with cities. I can’t think of a single clearer win for air quality.
I would love to switch to electric but at current charging times and absolutely horrendously incompetent grid deployments, there’s no way all of the thousand people in my building could, much less the million other renters in the city. (And certainly transit can’t cope with us either, given the continued homeowner hostility to paying taxes for such things.)
What city has charging available for an average of greater than one spot per five hundred multifamily-housing residents? What parking garages anywhere in the U.S. have 25 or more electric vehicle chargers per 100 daytime and/or overnight and/or reserved parking spots, in order to diffuse the grid cost through trickle charging? What funding model is proposed to ensure that’s built whether corporate garage owners like it or not? How will states who depend on fuel tax to keep roads in repair avoid cutting off city services to suburban outregions when their asphalt budgets crater?
Technology has downstream effects, and it’s not as simple as “buy a Prius” when you consider U.S. non-homeowners. (I assume the prospect for India electric conversions would be much worse, too.) “Ban combustion vehicles” is a lofty goal, but until the charging grid problem is solved, it’s an unattainable one.
An an EV owner, I can testify that the tyre wear more than makes up for the reduction in brake dust. I’ve had to change tyres every 10K miles.
Presumably this is a joke. Mine lasted 5 years, 50k miles.