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To: Robwin
I agree wholeheartedly that EV's aren't pollution free, particularly the production of them. Perhaps overall more polluting than building and running an ICE car for 200K miles.

However, I'm not sold out on the belief that EV's eat up tires faster than ICE cars. I just recently replaced the tires on our EV after we put 24K miles onto it. IMHO that's not bad.

8 posted on 05/24/2023 12:01:00 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

I’ve gotten 30/40/50k miles from tires. Michelins used to be the best for tread life.

Tire design/construction is an art as tires have so many performance attributes to consider.


11 posted on 05/24/2023 12:07:15 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Tell It Right

24k miles? If I don’t get 80000 km’s on my tires, I don’t buy them again. That’s on a one ton diesel pulling trailers and lots of gravel. I weigh 10,000 lbs with no load.


13 posted on 05/24/2023 12:10:28 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Tell It Right

They do. The EV’s are very heavy and the tires are the wear point. 24K is not very many miles for tires. Just replace my F350 tires at 46K and they still had another 10K left on them.


41 posted on 05/24/2023 2:51:29 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood)
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To: Tell It Right

24k miles on a set of tires is pretty crappy.

My ‘21 Silverado has just under 40k on the OE tires, and I’ll be replacing them around the first of the year.

On my old truck I had a set of General Grabber A/T tires last me 80k, and then a set of Cooper Discoverer tires last 65k before I traded the truck in.

My wife’s Tiguan had 30k on the OE tires before they got replaced, and that was only because a nail through the sidewall.


52 posted on 05/25/2023 7:59:11 AM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.)
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