[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Here is a thought. What if China was able to ignite all their lithium ion batteries at one time?

Sort of like the “Leave the World Behind” scenario but much worse...

[Tell It Right]

FWIW, our EV crossover weighs about 10% more than the old ICE crossover it replaced. So when deciding whether or not to get an ICE or EV, I assumed the tires would last 90% as long in the EV as with the ICE. With regen braking reducing the use of brake pads I counted the extra in tire replacement being offset in savings on brake work.

So far we've driven the EV 43K miles in the 19 months we've owned it and I replaced the tires once. I'm particularly interested in how long the replacement set lasts because they're not factory tires that came with the car. And the brakes haven't needed work. We'll see how it goes from here.

I don't recommend EV's for everybody and I certainly hate the gubment forcing them onto people. But EV's can be good for people who drive a lot of miles (thus need to save on gas), can charge at home, are married and need two cars anyway (so one car is ICE to not be wholly dependent on EV's), not live up north where the cold messes up EV efficiency, most road trips you take are in areas that have good road-side chargers, and your wife on road trips wants to stop every 150-200 miles and walk around for 10-15 minutes anyway LOL.

[doorgunner69]

Oversized electric golf cart fanbois will not find this amusing.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

Sounds like the OEMs are installing soft-compound tires to enhance cornering performance. Maybe to impress the early adopters? A harder compound will last longer.

This situation isn’t without precedent. Many years ago I had a SAAB Turbo that had an odd rim size, and the only tires for it were soft-compound Michelins. Beast cornered like a race car, good in the rain and on ice, but the tires only lasted 12k-15k miles.

[Eva]

I live in WA and I am wondering if all the low cost housing that they are building for migrants comes with charging stations. What do you think?

[TexasGator]

“The most recent time I took the car in for service, Tesla declined to rotate them stating that they inspected the tires and determined it wasn’t necessary. I will be disappointed if I have to replace the set prior to 40k. I’d like be able to safely ride them to 50k, but I wouldn’t be upset if I had to replace them a little earlier than that.

https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/oem-tire-life-expectancy.284296/

[moovova]

I wonder what a gallon of gas will cost once the cartels have smuggled it across the US border?

Probably more than a kilo of fentanyl.

[oldtech]

Here’s what I think for whatever it’s worth...Akio Toyoda is a world class genius compared to Pete Buttigieg. Pete can’t even seem to do the job he is being paid for.

[oldtech]

Here’s what I think for whatever it’s worth...Akio Toyoda is a world class genius compared to Pete Buttigieg. Pete can’t even seem to do the job he is being paid for. Pete doesn’t understand the first thing about market strategy.

[353FMG]

The rubber will meet the road inside the lungs, sinuses and other body organs and blood stream. Have a good EV day.