Posted on 03/27/2024 1:31:08 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Tires on electric vehicles (EVs) have less durability and wear more quickly than tires on traditional gas-powered cars, a 2024 study shows. The revelation poses another problem for President Joe Biden’s quest to force Americans into EVs.
The J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Original Equipment Tire Customer Satisfaction Study found that EV owners reported more tire wear compared to gas-powered cars, Automotive News reports:
Findings from the study highlight EV owners having less satisfaction with the durability of their tires, expecting them to wear similar to gasoline-powered vehicle tires. However, EV tires naturally wear quicker because of greater vehicle weight and higher torque. [Emphasis added]
This gap in satisfaction creates an opportunity for tire manufacturers and automakers to ensure EV owners are properly educated, Ashley Edgar, senior director of benchmarking and alternative mobility at J.D. Power, said in a statement. [Emphasis added]
The study comes as a survey from Consumer Reports found that EVs have almost 80 percent more problems than gas-powered cars.
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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. 😏
“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.”
Not going to happen because RANGE is everything. The tires are obviously optimized for maximum range as even 20 miles can be a deal breaker. For gasoline cars wanting another 20 miles in range, it’s another gallon of gasoline at 6 pounds (which, incidentally, will burn off after doing its job), for EVs that can be another 120 pounds of batteries. For EVs, it’s much easier (and cheaper) to simply ‘save’ the weight (and all its secondary effects) by sacrificing the tires.
“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.”
Take out more like 75% of the batteries and you’ll have a good long-range plug-in hybrid. Put a diesel in there, and you can remove 85% of the batteries and still have the same range.
Oh, forgot, diesels are now essentially illegal in the US.
“When bridges start to collapse remember who is responsible!”
Oh, stop that. What makes you think that a bridge weakened by EVs would TOTALLY COLLAPSE due to a very-slow moving ship bumping into one of its supports?
(even it is a factor, LOL)
The EV.
Another fad which has now become bureaucratically inculcated.
“Tires on Electric Cars Wear More Quickly”
Well duh. Reason #17.
And the curb weight of an EV is exactly the same whether it has a full charge or is completely discharged.
But a car with an internal combustion engine gets lighter the further it gets from its last visit to the gas station.
Geez...get the facts right...much closer to 40 to 1. /h
Maybe they can finally get that milk weed formula they tried in WWII to work.
That can be a major problem for handing.
Tires with unequal ware on opposite sides of the car can cause major differences in traction.
This can cause you to have difficulty in controlling the car in emergency maneuvers.
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.
NOT JUST TIRES-—
Sit down with paper & pencil & start your own list.....
EVEN shoelaces have PLASTIC tips.
EVER wonder how fast FUEL DRAGSTERS go thru tires?
337 MPH in 3.70 seconds in quarter mile.
When I moved to rural N Nevada-—higher temps-—MUCH lower HUMIDITY-—I was airing up tires like crazy.
I Finally bought METAL tire stems with heavy rubber gaskets.
LEAKING AIR STOPPED IMMEDIATELY.
5 tires on car-—7 tires on dually—5 tires on horse trailer-—ALL have metal stems.. DRYNESS was killing the rubber stems.
I remember when they were metal.
Only one wheel does the regenerating? I figured all 4 wheels shared that load.
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