Yes! My factory tires were the Continental ProContact RX "ContiSilent" made specifically for Tesla. The "ContiSilent" refers to having the foam inside. Each brand has a different name for it.
Which Goodyears are ya using? I’ve heard the foam doesn’t make all that big of a difference. I’ve got Scorpions on the X. They do alright but I’m still looking for something quieter. Kinda hard with 22s though.
Sorry, it was in an earlier post. Goodyear ElectricDrive 2. Seemed to be the best value for a tire that was quiet and had low rolling resistance.
I considered both my stock Continentals as well as the Michelins that others like you have gotten stock; everyone seems to be happy with both. Whoever chooses tires for Tesla appears to do well.
I have heard the same, and also had good experiences myself. I had the latest set put on at Discount Tire. They're called "America's Tire" in some places.
Im curious about the engineering of that radiator. In the electric S, stock radiators are all low just like in my X. The lower inlets flow through it but in this car, that’s a huge radiator with inlets just hitting the bottom. Also, the S sits low so there’s not much airflow going beneath to pull (low pressure) that hot air out. Kinda wonder if like my DeLorean, this thing runs a bit on the hot side.
Here's a short recap of the project. You can find longer, more detailed videos on the same channel. Both the Model S, and the Camaro from which the engine and transmission was sourced, had been totaled.
My stock factory Continental ProContact Rx ContiSilent tires made it 70,000, though they could certainly have been replaced earlier.
Yeah but a lot of that is because they’re new tires. Once they get broken in, you should be back to previous efficiency. You’re lucky, I’m averaging 388 Wh/mi but that’s on 22s. I like their looks over the 20s so I’ll just keep rolling with them.I have a “quick and dirty” comparison for what my CrossClimate 2’s are costing in efficiency.
“Trip B” is almost entirely on the original sets of Primacy’s- 229.2 Wh/mile.
A recent local drive shows 258.7 Wh/mile.
If I’m doing the math right, an efficiency loss of 12% to 13%. No significance for local driving, but on road trips could result in maybe and extra charging stop once in a while*.
I just reset “Trip B” and renamed it “CrossClimate 2’s”. I’ll be monitoring it to see if it changes with more varied trip distances/profies and report back if I see a significant change.
*On a recent trip from the Knoxville, TN area to northern IN (Syracuse) on the new tires, the car had Karen stop 3 times, where she knows she’s made the trip with only 2 charges before. Each stop on the recent trip was between 21 and 26 minutes.
Did you look at the Hankook EV tires? I've heard good things about them and the new M3 and MY had them at the showroom when I was down there a couple weeks ago.
No, but not for any particular reason. Like I said, I had settled on the Goodyear ElectricDrives, but the deal on the CrossClimate 2’s was too good to pass up. Not exactly an “impulse purchase”, but close.
You weren't coming up from San Atone...
How long does that take?
I don’t know how long it’ll take. Temporary condition though. I agree, cold weather could be mixed in with the increase in Wh-mi as well.
They say a 10% drop in range (/efficiency) when going to new tires on an EV. However, it also sounds like maybe the change is fairly linear over the life of the tires?
I've noted this for some time.
Had a bunch on the lot.
Last minute forecast change, so time then became an issue. One fuel/potty/food stop in a Chevy Equinox. Wife and daughter would have LOVED to stop how many more times, and wait how many more hours to get there?
You gotta go to China to get those cars- and recharge in 5 minutes. They are way ahead of us for 'lectric cars.Fake pics. None of them are vandalized or burned out.
Still waiting on the ~500 mile range EV for the price/capability of the ICE equivalent. Had to drive instead of fly two weeks ago. Grand Rapids, MI --> Atlanta, GA because I didn't feel like flying through a tornado watch/warning. Drove through it instead.
I don't think so. BYD *just* demonstrated this for the first time within the last month, and CATL just a few days ago. However, BYD only added 150 miles of range in 5 minutes so it's not a "5 minute recharge" - That's the equivalent of about 456kW charging rate; Tesla's v4 Superchargers are at 325kW today and expected to be upped to 500 kW, with over 500 sites already deployed.
It's 250 miles of range. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/0...-5-min-charge-time-adding-250-miles-of-range/
Tesla doesn't have any chargers that can do this, unless they are in China. There's no need for them here, because the USA has no cars that can take the charge that quickly. And we won't for a long time.
China's done it. They cost the equivalent of $38,000 USD. That's the same price as a Nissan Rogue. They are way ahead of us. They also are selling cars that use sodium batteries instead of lithium- sodium is cheaper, easier to get since there's entire oceans with sodium.
