Under the skin: How tyres are changing for electric cars | Autocar

How is tyre technology changing for electric cars? With rapid advancements from Continental, Hankook and Michelin, Jesse Crosse investigates

Then there’s torque. With an electric drive motor, high torque is transmitted to the road instantaneously. Even on fairly ordinary EVs, torque can be brutal and that can potentially lead to increased wear.

Finally, there’s economy and rolling resistance. While it’s true rolling resistance affects ICE cars as well as EVs, a 10% increase in rolling resistance over a 200-mile drive is likely to be more noticeable to the EV driver than the ICE driver. In 2021, Continental claimed to have manufactured the first tyre with a load rating of HL , while an ICE car of the same size might have a rating of SL .

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