Why Don't EVs Come With Spare Tires?
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Don't most EVs have an empty storage area where the engine usually is on normal cars? Just stick a spare in there.
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Wow, so not driving in a major city is now "driving in the bush". Also, driving outside a major city is also = to towing a 6ton trailer.
It literally couldn't be to see family that don't live in the same city, going to another major city, camping in well maintained national parks, going to an amusement park that isn't in a major city.. Nope, it's either major city or hauling giant trailers.
Hint, maybe you should go out sometime and see how short sighted your vague definitions and answers really are.
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Ours didn't. It had some bullshit to spray into the tyre to do a repair. That failed, and made it unrepairable to boot.
So now we have a spare. Have a spare. It can a slimline one, it just needs to get you to a garage.
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You mean ride a bus?
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Mate I grew up on a cattle station where the next nearest house was a 100km away. I know what living in tge boondocks is.
I also know that this use case is a very small minority of people, AND HE ALREADY addressed your minority issue.
You can keep trying to be hard done by or accept that your situation is representative of less than 1% of EV sales
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So the guy you’re responding to most likely doesn’t drive through lumber and construction sites all day. Most people don’t. That’s why most people don’t have 20 flats a week from driving around in nails.
You ever think maybe you’re an exception because of your habits that most people don’t have?
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Hence why I said "my sedan that [pretty much stays on normal roads] has never had a flat."
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How is a flat tire an emergency?
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Hint, maybe you should go out sometime and see how short sighted your vague definitions and answers really are.
How moronic. If you think cellphones stop working once you leave major Metropolitan areas, maybe it is you that needs to actually get out and go somewhere. You think amusement parks and airports don't have cell coverage? Jesus christ. What's your plan if you get two flat tires?
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Then why are you surprised the person you’re responding too hasn’t had a flat?
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I'm...not?
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My minivan has a donut spare that is stored under the car (inside a cover). Super easy to get to, and never in the way.
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It's too small for a rim and tyre.
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I don't believe you've never had a flat in 20 years.
Oh ok.
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In the city, not much of one. Rural roads with bad cell coverage at night in the dead of winter? Life or death situation.
That being said, I think a spare is unnecessary for 99% of drivers. In ~20 years of driving, I've only used a spare maybe 3 times, and those were more for convenience than necessity. My last car just had a pump, and I got a screw it in. I just aired it up and drove to the tire shop. After that I bought a plug kit for a quick roadside repair.
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Our EV doesn't have a spare, which I wasn't concerned about as I've had maybe two flats in my driving history and one of those I just pumped up and drove to the tyre shop for a repair.
What did catch me out recently was not having a jack. It makes sense though - car has no spare, so why include a jack?
We got a screw in the tyre a few weeks back and it was leaking too bad to pump up for even a short drive. I figured I'd jack up the car, take off the rim, and take it in the wife's car to the tyre joint.
Things to note:
- No jack, as mentioned. Went to the local auto store and bought a pretty mid range scissor jack that looked like every other car jack I've ever used.
- EVs are really bloody heavy. A standard 1600KG scissor jack could barely move the thing. Went back and bought a much heavier duty trolley jack.
- A 3200KG trolley jack makes lifting the car easy, but the jack itself is huge and leaves no space on the lifting points to put jack stands.
- An EV is really stiff - lifting the rear passenger side resulted in every wheel except the front drivers side coming off the ground.
Didn't want to leave it perched on a jack and a single wheel, so took the tyre off and ended up replacing the screw in the hole that was leaking with a bigger screw... Then pumping it up and driving it to the tyre joint.
Moral of the story - might be easier to just carry a small selection of different sized screws and a screw driver.
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You know you can just buy a spare and stick it in the car...
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You're quoting@[email protected] and not me.
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Sure, and I'm also free to vote with my wallet. I want a spare to come with the vehicle, and I want it integrated.
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My Audi E-tron has a full size spare.
