My wife and I bought our EV crossover 10 months ago and have put 22K miles onto it. And I haven't had to replace the tires yet. I'm surprised, to be honest. I anticipated more frequent tire replacements. It weighs 4,200-4,400 lbs. The ICE crossover it replaced weighed 3,900 lbs.
Maybe the EV's stock tires are more durable. Or maybe the extra 300-500 lbs isn't that big an issue. Or maybe the EV's battery makes the tires not wear as much by spreading the curb weight more evenly. Or maybe doing most deceleration with regen braking is somehow better for the tires. I dunno. I just know that at 22K miles I haven't had to replace the tires yet.
“I just know that at 22K miles I haven’t had to replace the tires yet.”
EV Tires are hard, low rolling resistance and as low profile as the weight and potholes allow. The only counter point is that all EVs can out accelerate all but sports cars so wear in strait line acceleration and breaking can be insane if the driver chooses. The driving experience is nicely tuned low CG skateboard but not really 2020 sports sedan in weight transfer.
22K miles is nothing for a low noise, highway optimized, SUV tire, properly aligned at 700lbs lbs. per wheel everything but a sportscar tire should last 45K miles. Utility Van tires designed for low noise and long life last 60K in just about any environment.
Daily Drive abuse Jeep Wrangler tires at 80MPH highway trips for hours on end and get 55k out of them because I keep them inflated and aligned. They are about 35% larger in diameter, so they wear that much less just by math. They have a tredware rating above 500, a rubbery blend that would be a 300 on sedan diameter tire.
The tires for 2023 Tesla Plaids Long Range are wear rated at 400-640 with rather high per corner rating. They will last 35k-60k depending on driver and how extrema the heat and cold is where they are driven. CA and AZ highways just simply wears tires faster than Iowa and Ohio.
The EV affordable performance are cheaper than the above mention jeep tire by about 30 bucks per tire but EVs tires are more expensive by weight by 50%.
Any plug in deep hybrid with 1L ICE and 10 Gallon Gas/D/JetA/Olive Oil Tank, 400HP at the wheels, seats 4 and 2 dogs with Subaru SUV offroad manners and construction I will buy. I need 40-70HP (65-80MPH) except for 1 minute every 100 miles (I-70), creeping along a national forest road on electric would be awesome, and a few 120 outlets for power tools. 35-100 miles all electric range, 400 miles combo range with 15 minute fast charging and 400HP onramps at 4000lbs weight wins. My customization would be NRA plates and a My other car is freight train bumper sticker. Utility beats anyones “morals” when it has 4 all terrain tires.