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New tires every 7,000 miles? Electric cars save gas but tire wear shocks some Florida drivers
Miami Herald ^

Posted on 01/24/2024 7:50:36 PM PST by TigerClaws

It was love at first sight when Neil Semel saw the electric Mercedes EQS 450+ at a Pompano Beach dealership. The sedan was the perfect sleek black color his wife wanted, had only 2,200 miles and they both liked the idea of getting away from gasoline.

“I’ve always driven combustion engines and I thought it was time to try to save the planet,” Semel said.

But after less than 5,000 miles of driving around his Boca Raton neighborhood, Semel was shocked to find some essential — and very expensive — parts were already wearing out. The tires.

“If somebody looked at me and said, Mr. Semel, you are going to love this car but in about 7,000 miles you will have to pay 1,400 or 1,500 dollars to replace the tires, I wouldn’t have bought the car,” Semel said.

For many drivers of EVs in Florida — the nation’s second largest market for electrical vehicles — premature tire wear has become an unexpected black mark on vehicles promoted as a green climate-friendly option to gas-gulping cars.

At EV Garage Miami, a Sweetwater repair shop that services 90 percent electric vehicles, lead technician Jonathan Sanchez said tires are the most frequent thing customers come in about — no matter what model or make of EV they’re driving. Tire mileage can vary widely of course, but he said he frequently changes EV tires at just 8,000 to 10,000 miles — a fourth or even fifth of typical tire wear on a gas-burning car.

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KEYWORDS: automotive; chat; ecars; electric; electriccars; ev; localnews; nlz; tires; tirewear
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To: TigerClaws
“I’ve always driven combustion engines and I thought it was time to try to save the planet,” Semel said.

"A fool and his money are soon parted." - B. Franklin

121 posted on 01/25/2024 12:53:35 PM PST by Gritty (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution. - Saul Alinsky)
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To: ridesthemiles

Some of it will be coating our lungs and settle in our kidneys. Climate change should be the least of our worries but potential cancers should be.


122 posted on 01/25/2024 2:57:35 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: hecticskeptic

I’ve got CVT automatic on my 2014 Corolla and my wife’s 2019 Rav4. It has B-S-D forward gears. Brake-Slow-Drive, which sort of act like first-second-third for the purpose of downshifting. B is for approaching a stop, S to keep from picking up speed going downhill, and D for everything else. 75K miles on the Corolla and original brakes.


123 posted on 01/25/2024 3:10:38 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!)
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To: TigerClaws
I've always driven combustion engines and I thought it was time to try to save the planet,” Semel said.

Great way to tell everyone you are a moron.

124 posted on 01/25/2024 3:12:09 PM PST by sausageseller (If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage. M, Thatcher)
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To: MinorityRepublican

2020 S60 Volvo specs. This is a fair comparison to the Tesla model 3 AWD as the two cars are within an inch of each other in footprint size in lenght and width. They both use the identical sized 18” rim size and even identical 45 aspect ratio tires with the same contact patch size. Given that the vehicles are within 200lbs of each other with identical tires the wear should be nearly identical rates. My S60 eats tires every 25,000 miles if I’m running performance rubber on them and 40,000 with really hard 600 wear rate all pros. I would expect a Tesla 3 that’s on the same rim with the same tires to return similar results with both being AWD cars.

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125 posted on 01/25/2024 3:20:59 PM PST by GenXPolymath
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To: Elsie

Yeah lots of people blab about it but few have actually had to replace them.


126 posted on 01/25/2024 3:22:51 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Responsibility2nd

A fire is not a leak.


127 posted on 01/25/2024 3:24:35 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: dynoman

I said Toxic not fire.

Google this.....are used EV batteries toxic


128 posted on 01/25/2024 3:35:36 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Elsie

“What type of rugged outdoorsman purchases an electric Jeep©?”

With that much weight, it would be the one that likes to get stuck. Although it might make a good sled pull rig.


129 posted on 01/25/2024 3:42:21 PM PST by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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To: Responsibility2nd
You said "leaky toxic" And the link you posted said an EV battery fire is toxic.


To: KierkegaardMAN

Millions of tons of leaky toxic EV batteries will make a nice addition to landfills everywhere.

37 posted on 01/24/2024 9:15:23 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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130 posted on 01/25/2024 4:12:20 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Clay Moore
"Although it might make a good sled pull rig."

It might have some potential as a field welder.
131 posted on 01/25/2024 6:20:39 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: Clay Moore

My thoughts, too; Kemo Sabay.


132 posted on 01/25/2024 6:40:47 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Will replacement batteries even be available in 8-12 years when they wear out? Replacing them will cost more than the car is worth even with new batteries. So EVs are a disposable item.


133 posted on 01/26/2024 9:13:03 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants ( "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled."- Mark Twain)
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To: TigerClaws

So twice a year you gotta get new tires at a minimum of $1,200 for 4 tires. Add the minimum $2,400 to the way more expensive electric car price, the electric bill, the higher car and home insurance costs and the repair bill that is again more expensive then a gas car and the battery replacement cost of at least $15,000 plus the reduced life span and no resale value (See Hertz).


134 posted on 01/27/2024 7:13:49 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Nearly Every EV enthusiast online: “BuT yOu DoN’t HaVe tO ChAnGe OiL!!!”


135 posted on 01/27/2024 7:20:18 PM PST by Cold_Red_Steel
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