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Tesla Cybertruck Owners Shocked That Tires Are Barely Lasting 6,000 Miles (www.thedrive.com)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you want more life out of a tire, you need to manufacture it with a harder compound, but you sacrifice dry performance. If you want better dry performance from a tire, you need to manufacture it with a softer compound, but you sacrifice treadwear.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

So this was basically the trade-off made to get off the line faster, which is really pointless in real world use. Seems like a common thread with this thing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Dry performance is also handling... If you don't want those 7k pounds "trucks" driving off the road when taking a curve then softer compound it is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes, once you have inertia built up, you need friction between the vehicle and the road (via the tires) in order to come to a stop, or change direction. A 7000 lb vehicle is always going to eat tires.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Well, I’m sure it doesn’t help that the stupid shape probably provides the opposite of downforce.