I am getting an average of 4.9 miles per kwh. Looking for tires that meet or better, surpass this. Lawrence Rhodes On Saturday, July 4, 2020, 09:35:02 AM PDT, Bruce Wolfe <[email protected]> wrote: I really like the Nexen N'blue super low rolling resistance (SLRR) tires. They came stock on the Kia Soul EV I was leasing and seem to have been specially promoted for them. Limited sizes. Nonetheless, I enjoyed them immensely for the low rolling resistance and being very quiet. I could pump up the air pressure to the max and the car would just coast for quite a diatance. I per chance had two blowouts due to hidden potholes on a fast moving road and replaced the tires with some practically new used Bridgestone Potenzas. The road noise alone was deafening despite a significant increase in resistance. The N'blue has good traction in the rain, too. For touring and commuting at moderate speeds this is a good tire. Priced $90-$110 eachhttps://www.performanceplustire.com/tires-for-sale/nexen-tires/nblue-ev-3/
When shopping for tires for EVs there is a major difference in construction and specs. I lean to rolling resistance vs road noise level first is the hardest to spec out. Then add highest speed rating and tread wear. Driving a used Chevy Bolt now it came with a different tire on each wheel. I couldn't find the Nexens in my wheel size. And I really didn't want to spend more than $500 for four. Did some weeks of research. They're not like buying shoes, right? So, I found a set of Sailun Atrezzo SVA1 at Big O Tires to try. It's a cheap tire at $55 each but I figured since the plan is for a new car in 2021 anyway and for just commuting SF to Marin the quieter the better plus good wet road traction let's give them a whirl. So, very wide tread grooves makes for great wet road dispersement and traction but that can also lead to higher road noise. It's hard to tell whether it's the car's own drive train noise or the tires but they seem to be a slightly noisier than the Soul EV's Nexens but then I was spoiled and probably being too critical and sensitive. I hear them over old paved roads more at 35-50 mph. Nonetheless, at highway speeds not noticeable over the natural wind resistance of the Bolt's aerodynamics. Suffice to say still pretty quiet.https://www.bigotires.com/tires/sku/sailun/atrezzo-sva1/215-50r17-95w-xl/000000000001079787 Thanks for the indulgence.Bruce On Fri, Jul 3, 2020, 10:20 AM Lawrence Rhodes <[email protected]> wrote: The only info on the web is the Michelin MVX are bad. Ecopia good. Michelin energy savers are ok on Prius. Lawrence Rhodes _._,_._,_Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#277) | Reply To Group | Reply To Sender| Mute This Topic| New Topic Your Subscription |Contact Group Owner |Unsubscribe [[email protected]] _._,_._,_ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200704/90a00aac/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
