Random EV thoughts.....

would a narrower tyre on a heavy car wear quicker than a wider tyre?

In general, yes. But manufacturers are trying to use different compounds to reduce this wear in EV’s. They make them narrower on EV’s in an attempt to reduce aerodynamic drag.

Would aagree On the P-Zeros. I normally drive with music pretty loud so it drowns out any tyre noise but yesterday I had a passenger who wanted to talk😁 so I turned it off and at 130kmh the tyre noise was really intrusive. Far louder that my diesel 7 seater which is on Nexens and the Leaf on GY efficient grips. Unfortunately I've a long way to go before they are replaced.

My ex ID.3 with Goodyears were still good at 27k, but others with the Bridgestones reported a lot of wear. But I think they started with less thread depth.

My Model 3 RWD is now at just 38k with a good bit of thread remaining, but will probably change the rears at about 40k or a bit more. I am pleasantly surprised tbh, but I do try and drive fairly smoothly, particularly with regen. Was behind a Model 3 recently and the brake lights were continuously on and off. The lights only come on with full or almost full lift off.

Both our present and past Hyundai are also easy on the tyres. The missus also has about 38k on her present Ioniq 5, all the tyres still have loads of thread, but hers is the low powered version.

Is there no one pedal driving on the Born? Press less to slow, press more to go faster. The smoothness is then dependent on the driver. Find it much smoother than the constant brake/accelerate in an ICE.

I don't like B mode either. Or eco. I just put in in the normal mode. Don't even bother with the dynamic mode or whatever they call it

I find it makes little difference that I notice in the urban environment. Or maybe I'm not watching the range in normal use.

On a longer trip on hillier national road vs motorway it certainly extends my range a fair bit. Though I'm also driving slower which is the bigger part of it. But you'd notice on some sections your regen means your using negligible battery for a decent distance.

I set my Tesla to 1 pedal driving the day I bought it (March 2020), and haven't changed it to any other setting since…

For me its one of the best features an EV can have..

How many kms is a month's driving? Have you any idea of the cars power consumption in a month?

Just hit 12K and I have the car a year so about 1K a month. With the 0.597c EV rate I've just started on with BG it's extremely cheap driving. This time of year it's showing 15kw/100 that will increase to around 20 in winter as I can't stand a cold car, it'll probably average out around 10 to 11 euro a month.

Practically all town driving, the standard D system is very good as it does a good bit of intelligent driving for me by reading the road ahead, that's without using the ACC, I think it's a great system.

+2 auto adaptive regen on the eNiro was class. Blended braking I believe so a B mode wasn't really needed.

Which car did you purchase? €10 a month is phenomenal. Have you got your figures correct?

My upper usage is 40 units a week, normally 35, taking it at 40*4=160 per month, using EV rate of 0.06c gives 160*0.06=€9.60. I have a Cupra Born. Last week I used 31 units which cost €1.86 probably €2.00 allowing for losses.