This doesn't make sense. A Tesla weighs about as much as an SUV. We don't hear about SUVs eating tires.

If Teslas specifically are in the tire shop more, perhaps it's that Teslas ship with shitty tires. I've heard of a number of car makes that ship with really fragile OEM tires as a way to get you back into the shop for service.

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xeonmc 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Tesla also has faulty camber/toe settings out of the factory that concentrates tyre wear on where it's weak:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1kdxm5cKfA

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cheald 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's a combination of the weight of the vehicle and the torque that the electric motors produce.

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nostrademons 2 days ago | parent [-]

That makes more sense, but if that's true, you can avoid the extra tire wear by driving like a granny (which reportedly works, according to one of the other comments here).

	▲	cheald 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Well, if you can convince my wife of that, you're more than welcome to try. I just crossed 100k miles on my Model 3 and I think I'm on my 5th set of tires.

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derektank 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

EVs can accelerate much faster than an SUV. I imagine that could explain part of the difference.