![]() ![]() But we’re seeing some tires on a traditional car might last us 25,000 miles. We’re putting them through their paces here at the track. And we wear tires a little quicker because we are testing them. RYAN PSZCZOLKOWSKI: Yeah, so just some anecdotes here from the track. How does that shake out in terms of numbers of miles? What are we talking here? So it’s becoming a glaring obstacle for people with EVs.ĭIANA PLASKER: So you said they’re wearing out about 20% faster than traditional car tires. And now you have to replace them, in some cases, almost twice as much maybe depending on how you drive, where you drive, and what you drive. And tires like that are more expensive in general anyway. But a lot of these EVs, they’re putting them on a bigger wheel, lower aspect ratios sidewalls. And that’s kind of frustrating because tires in general are expensive. So that’s considerable.Īnd what we were seeing is, roughly, tires wearing out 20% faster than they would on those regular vehicles, those internal combustion cars. In some cases, 10%, 20%, even up to 30% heavier than the internal combustion engine that we’re used to. Your electric vehicles are heavier than your regular internal combustion engine cars. And it’s kind of taken the car world by storm right now. RYAN PSZCZOLKOWSKI: Yeah, it’s a real thing. ![]() So they are very important in keeping that car safe and getting you where you need to go.ĭIANA PLASKER: And with electric vehicles, some people are finding that their tires are wearing out faster than they’d expected. And those are the four tires underneath that car. I mean, a vehicle goes down the road, and there’s only four things touching the road. And you said it earlier, where the rubber meets the road. A lot of people don’t think about their tires much. But there’s a lot more to tires than getting the right size and pressure. Welcome to Science Friday.ĭIANA PLASKER: All right, first off, I don’t think all that much about tires living in New York City. He is the tire testing program manager at Consumer Reports. So what’s going on? Joining me now to talk about where the rubber meets the road is Ryan Pszczolkowski. Some EV drivers are finding their tires are wearing out more rapidly than when they were driving traditional internal combustion vehicles. Your tires certainly are an important practical point, but you might not give them much thought until you get a flat.īut as more people in the US make the switch to Electric Vehicles, some are finding they have to think about their tires more seriously and more often. It’s that important point at which an idea gets put to a practical test. ![]() There’s an expression, where the rubber meets the road. I’m John Dankosky.ĭIANA PLASKER: And I’m Diana Plasker. The Atlantic reports on EVs sending toxic tire particles into water, soil, and air.Read more about the durability of EV tires in PC Mag.Forbes reports on the tradeoff between cheap maintenance and the need for more frequent tire changes.Ryan Pszczolkowski, tire testing program manager at Consumer Reports, joins Diana Plasker to talk about the special engineering that comes into play when the rubber meets the road in an electric car. When combined with the almost instant torque provided by electric motors, that can lead to leaving rubber on the road-even when a driver isn’t attempting to burn rubber. ![]() Many EVs are heavier than regular cars of a similar size, which puts more load on the tires. Some EV drivers are finding that their tires wear out more rapidly than they had with traditional internal combustion-driven vehicles-in some cases, 20 percent faster. But as more people in the US make the switch to electric vehicles, some are finding they have to think about their tires more often. You might not give your car’s tires a lot of thought unless you get a flat, or you live somewhere you need to swap in snow tires. ![]()
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