What will electric cars do to the roads?
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My local council has been using hybrid buses for 3 or so years now, and I've noticed that at the busier bus stops the road surface is twisted and warped far more than it ever has been... In certain places I have to move over onto the other side of the road because a ridge has formed down the middle of my lane, and if I drive over it I scuff my front bumper (in a regular hatch back - you'd take the sump off a sports car)...
It could be coincidence (although in 15 years I've never noticed it like this before), but it made me wonder, will the combination of modern tyres and electric cars/vans/trucks/buses lead to the (faster) ruining of our roads? It seems they can't be repaired fast enough as it is..
Just a thought..! Anyone noticed anything in their neck of the woods?
It could be coincidence (although in 15 years I've never noticed it like this before), but it made me wonder, will the combination of modern tyres and electric cars/vans/trucks/buses lead to the (faster) ruining of our roads? It seems they can't be repaired fast enough as it is..
Just a thought..! Anyone noticed anything in their neck of the woods?
PunterCam said:
Just a thought..!
DELETED: Comment made by a member who's account has been deleted.Why would tyre wear be less?
Takechargeandgo, a site that promotes the change to EVs, describes tyre wear as the Achilles heel of EVs.
With the high torque and rear braking bias, the rear especially could be expected to suffer. I guess taking it easy for range reasons might eliminate that.
REALIST123 said:
Why would tyre wear be less?
Takechargeandgo, a site that promotes the change to EVs, describes tyre wear as the Achilles heel of EVs.
With the high torque and rear braking bias, the rear especially could be expected to suffer. I guess taking it easy for range reasons might eliminate that.
pherlopolus said:
REALIST123 said:
Why would tyre wear be less?
Takechargeandgo, a site that promotes the change to EVs, describes tyre wear as the Achilles heel of EVs.
With the high torque and rear braking bias, the rear especially could be expected to suffer. I guess taking it easy for range reasons might eliminate that.
Wuzzle said:
We just keep hearing how NOTHING will EVER need changing on an EV. That clearly isn't true.
I don't think anyone ever said that.Brakes will need changing less.
Tyres will need changing in line with the performance/weight envelope of the car (our leaf had 5.5mm left at 12,000 miles, perfectly acceptable)
brakefluid is age dependant, coolant ditto. There is just LESS to go wrong generally.
Keep on clutching at straws
Wuzzle said:
Wuzzle said:
We just keep hearing how NOTHING will EVER need changing on an EV. That clearly isn't true.
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Wuzzle said:
Wuzzle said:
We just keep hearing how NOTHING will EVER need changing on an EV. That clearly isn't true.
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