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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] 5 points 4 months ago (10 children)

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?

[–] _stranger_ 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

About double the torque and horsepower, and it's all available from standstill.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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.