re: Electric cars save gas. Don't ask how long the tires last....

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My truck weighs 9,200 lbs and makes around 1000 ft-lbs of torque and often has heavy shite hooked up to it. I got 70k miles out of my first set of tires and will probably get more out of my current set. Both all terrain tires. Weight and torque can't be the problem.

I dont understand how it's possible to only get 25k miles out of a set of car tires that aren't track tires. My last set of car tires lasted 100k miles and had life left in them. I changed them just because I felt like I should. Do electric cars come with track tires on them or something?

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The tires are most assuredly softer than what you have on an obvious work truck. But they don't have to be. You can buy any tire you want to, though I stick to XL load-rated tires for my EV. And most people aren't needing tires at 25k miles. I've got a set with nearly that on them now (the OEMs that came with it) that still look brand new. I replaced them all back in November for under $1,000, right around the same cost to replace all the tires on our other two ICE vehicles. And with Michelin CrossClimate 2s. An excellent all-weather handling, and durable tire that you can put on any comparable vehicle.

This whole talking point is one of the dumbest ones so far.