New tires every 7k miles? Electric cars save gas; tire wear shocks some drivers

Post by jmuguy » Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 1:10 PM UTC

toxik wrote: post #6

bryanlarsen wrote: post #2

Looks like an astroturf campaign, with essentially the same story popping up around the country. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39159783

I would not be surprised if tires wear faster on a vehicle that weighs ~40% more. Another thing to consider is road damage, which is famously proportional to the weight to the power of four. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_power_law

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 1:11 PM UTC

anovikov wrote: post #3

I always had to change tyres on gas-powered cars after 30,000 km, they are completely worn by then. Currently through 13k on my Tesla and while there's some visible wear i'm sure they will last at least about 25k or maybe full 30k.

Post by raoulr » Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 1:11 PM UTC

Post by toxik » Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 1:13 PM UTC

jmuguy wrote: post #11

toxik wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would not be surprised if tires wear faster on a vehicle that weighs ~40% more. Another thing to consider is road damage, which is famously proportional to the weight to the power of four. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_power_law

They do wear faster on EVs but sub 10k miles is definitely not typical. This article is definitely written to grab attention with that 7k figure in the headline and then immediately starts walking that back.

Post by brodouevencode » Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 1:13 PM UTC

rapsey wrote: post #7

If you drive like a maniac then you can eat up your tires way faster than in an ICE vehicle. It is not the norm though from what I understand.