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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Gee, looks likes there's not a bus-sized EV fire blanket...?
He wasn’t worried about the cost when he bought the car to impress others.
Old adage from old country: He who keeps a monkey should pay for the glasses he breaks.
BiNGO
Influneced by the bible Prodigal son story...
A fool and his money are soon partyed.
What type of rugged outdoorsman purchases an electric Jeep©?
Yup, and that’s why the tires prematurely wear out
What are tires, plastic and asphalt made with again...
I hope he saved it.
The original early models of Acura’s NSX wore out tires in 4,000 miles.
So many owners were upset that Acura adjusted castor/camber/toe-in/toe-out specifications and viola! 20,000 mile tires.
What leaks out of EV batteries?
Thankfully EV tires are made from rainbows and unicorn farts, so there’s no problem .. ..
Electrons! Untamed, those things are dangerous.
Haha! From what I’ve read EV battery life far exceeds the narrative here.
Wasn’t Gruppenfuehrer Whitmer supposed to fix the potholes?
Can’t be weight and torque only. I have 2 diesel trucks weighing almost 8,000 pounds and over 500 ft. Pounds of torque.
Would LT or E weight rated tires help
I have a ten thousand pound f350 that clocks twenty thousand miles a year that does better with tires than these electrics.
Propaganda
Well, if he doesn’t like the extra cost of tires, he’s certainly not going to like the cost of a new battery.
O... K...
The rotors on Mercedes are a softer metal than we in North America are used to, and they wear out at an amazing rate. My little car (B170) needed new pads and rotors at 30K miles, and the tires were at the point I decided to replace them with winter tires in October.
I do live in the mountains so there is that factor, but still only 30K miles is pretty fast wear.
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