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Truck tires should last 60,000 miles.
Okay, so, the curb weight of a Ford F-250 is 7400#, while the curb weight of of Tesla Cybertruck is 6900#. That's a 500# difference, with the Ford being heavier. If it's the weight alone, then the Tesla should have better tire life than the Ford, and I strongly suspect that's not the case. Perhaps Tesla is spec'ing a softer compound tire in order to actually use the enormous amounts of torque that is available to it?
I know that off-road tires tend to die fairly quickly when used on the road--softer compound + less contact patch at any given time--but it doesn't appear that they're using off-road tires on the Teslas.
So what's going on here? Why are they burning through expensive tires so fast?
I am not from the US, and was surprised to see the number (hash) mark used to denote pounds, not just a number.
BTW, next year it will be 50 years after the metric system was stated as the preferred system for weights and measurements for US trade and commerce by law. Still not quite there yet, it seems.
We were on our way and then in 1980 we elected Reagan and effectively canceled the conversion to metric.
Well, to be fair, trade and commerce is a little different than the average person weighing something
For the record I would love to go metric, but since I live in the US I'm fully engrossed in pounds, inches, etc
I'm not sure what the Cybertruck uses, but they do make tires meant specifically for EVs. They tend to sacrifice some traction for increased range. Also not sure if that affects durability but it is a factor that may be worth considering!
Very, very few people need as much traction as their tires can give them on a daily basis. I have a VW GTI, and I put the longest lasting tires on it that I could find, because--even living in the mountains--I'm simply not getting even remotely close to the limits.
What I'm saying is that sacrificing grip for longevity makes sense for most people.
I remember crossing a wet road with the stock tires that came with my Bolt and spinning them. My infant daughter was set to come home soon, and snow would be there soon after.
Could I have gotten by on the stocks? Maybe. Did I want to find out the hard way that I couldn't? Hell no. I didn't go nuts for the grippiest tires I could find, but still wanted to improve on that. I regret nothing.
About double the torque and horsepower, and it's all available from standstill.
I would ask what kind of douchenozzle would attempt to use all of it, but I guess that the Venn diagram of "people that want to use every bit of torque and horsepower their car has" and "people that buy Cybertrucks" is a circle.
That's it in a nutshell exactly.
don’t be ridiculous
Most douchenozzles can’t afford a cybertruck