Who could have ever imagined such a thing.
Next, you'll be telling me EVs also stress our highways, bridges and parking garages more than ICE vehicles.
I can't speak about other people's EV's.
Who knew?
and when the shut down oil production what will they make the tires from ?
I bet its more to do with the instant torque the EV motors provide. The torque just snaps ON immediately, it feels great, but the tires will suffer. Perhaps they will need to reformulate the rubber used in EV’s and/or make a software adjustment to the torque delivery to the wheels.
Answer: Take about half the batteries out and convert all the EVs to hybrids, using a small hydrocarbon-fueled power unit driving an on-board generator, much like a miniature Diesel-electric locomotive.
Or, alternatively, develop a program of converting all these EVs to a hydrogen fuel-cell technology, and introduce a viable hydrogen economy, bypassing the batteries altogether.
6000 lbs and 0-60 in 3 seconds could definitely put extra wear and tear on tires.
Duh.........
EVs accelerate faster, so they are driven harder - which means more peeling.
During its lifetime, a car tire loses around 2-3 lbs of its weight through tear, and a truck tire around 20 lbs. Tire rubber, due to friction with the road, slowly disperses into the air, soil and ground water as micro-particles. Yes, it can be considered a kind of pollutant.
And how ironic (and predictable) that due to Neo-marxist fantasy, mandates, corruption and political group think, greens would mandate even MORE rubber particles being put into the environment due to heavy EV batteries
When bridges start to collapse remember who is responsible!
That only affects people who actually drive their EV’s. I bought mine to sit in my spotless, decked-out, garage and show off to people when I have ‘socials’.
So no problem for me.
(likely the response from most EV owners)
Simple solution - Fill the tires with helium /Karen
From a 1970 Dodge Challanger with a 440 magnum, a pistol grip 4 speed, and a good clutch, I can show you just how fast a set of tires really can wear down from a gas powered car. 😏
Yeah, I assume this is due to the weight of the batteries.
MY 1976 1 ton 4 speed dually Chevy truck weighs close to 7,000 pounds.
I used to get 40,000 +++ miles on COOPER TIRES before Goodyear bought them-——TOWING HORSE TRAILERS all over.
Current Coopers get me about 18,000 miles & truck weight has NOT changed.
Well, DUH!
The gas tank on an ICE car only weighs maybe 20 lbs when it’s empty and 120 (+/-) when it’s full. A Tesla battery still weighs half a ton either way.
And you think the electric powerplant weighs appreciably less, but it doesn’t, because the transmission has to be massive on account of the torque electric motors make.
At least 6 months ago articles said the heavy weight of the EVs was similar to larger trucks and would wear out the tires as well as damage the roads. This includes the cornering wear of friction from EVs making turns all day on the roads.
Good some new reports are coming out.
What makes sense they use regenerator braking and they in general weigh more