Posted on 05/10/2023 12:32:26 PM PDT by george76
Eddy May's electric Mercedes-Benz suffered flat tyre.
Vehicle did not come with spare.
Many have questioned why EVs do not have spare tyres .
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An Australian driver has revealed one of the struggles of owning an electric car - the fact they don't come with spare tyres.
Eddy May and his wife, from Adelaide, were driving their electric Mercedes-Benz EQC-400, worth around $128,000, along a freeway on Sunday morning when something sliced open one of the wheels.
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The majority of EVs do not come with spares due to extra weight they add to the vehicle and amount of space the tyre takes up.
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it’s hard to get enough physical clearance over the brake to fit a spare wheel. These big and huge spare wheels are also very heavy – and extra weight costs range in an EV,'
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in big countries like Australia, where there can be vast distances between towns, it is a cause for concern.'
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The big problem with Anthony Albanese's push to change how Australians drive forever - with tradies' favourite vehicles in the firing line as PM plans to flood the market with EVs ..
Labor's new masterplan to turn Australia's roads green is set to fill showrooms with cars that no-one really wants - while ignoring our biggest-selling vehicles, the humble tradie's ute,..
The National Electric Vehicle Strategy, announced last month, will set fuel emission limits on all new vehicles.
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the nation's most popular vehicles are fuel-smoking utes - with the Toyota HiLux consistently topping Australia's vehicle sales charts since 2016 and the Ford Ranger close behind.
Even motor dealers warn Australia's unique market will struggle to convince car manufacturers to bring electric utes - and many other EV models - Down Under.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Nice bit of editing.
See, we can do it, if we all just come together to fight climate change.
American ICE cars have not had a spare tire when brand new for a LONG time.
THE “DONUT” ‘spare’ cannot be driven more than 50 miles.
NO REAL SPARE-—NO ASHTRAYS, either.
I’m no EV lover by any stretch but no spare tire is not exactly uncommon nowadays........my wife’s 2015 import doesn’t either.
Why? Because many higher end vehicles come with run flat tires.....and have for awhile.
Thank you.
American ICE cars have not had a spare tire when brand new for a LONG time.
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2020 Toyotas did
The insanity is strong with this one.
“An Australian driver has revealed one of the struggles of owning an electric car - the fact they don’t come with spare tyres.”
Most ICE cars don’t come with spares. My last three had “Mobility Kits”.
“Why? “
EPA!
Many new cars do not come with a spare, not just EVs. And those who have cars with spares probably have flat spares because they’ve never checked them.
Jeeps have full-sized spares.
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Tesla EV average cost of repairs for first 4 years of ownership is:
$69,000
$69,000
That is not the cost of the Vehicle
Modernspare.com seems to be a popular place for buying spare tires for new cars that don’t come with one.
Bet it is his second car to Virtue Grandstand while his gas car does all the work.
In the distant past I owned two BMW sedans, both came with full size spares mounted on a BMW alloy wheel, the spare wheel and tire matching what was on the car. It was nice just to be able to yank off the flat, mount the new tire and worry about the replacing the flat tire later.
The last BMW I looked at online came with a tire repair kit. Ok, in some situations, but if you’ve got a hole in the sidewall, it aint’ gonna work.
bttt
The greater car weight means a much wider tire. 90% of drivers don’t have the upper body strength to change such a large tire, so would have to call for help anyway.
He never “exposed” anything but his being stupid.
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