Tyre wear warning for electric vans

On average, Epyx found that EV tyres lasted 6,350 fewer miles than those fitted to petrol or diesel vehicles.

The first tyre change for electric vans is taking place at an average of 17,985 miles and 551 days old, compared to 24,641 miles and 585 days for hybrids and 24,335 and 670 days for petrol and diesel cars.

However, the company’s chief commercial officer, Tim Meadows, did acknowledge that the data should be treated with a degree of caution because of the samples involved. The data is taken from Epyx’s 1link Service Network platform, which is used by car and van fleets totalling more than four million vehicles to manage and process service, maintenance and repair (SMR).

Previous information released by the company also suggested that EV tyres are both bigger and more expensive than petrol or diesel equivalents. The average replacement tyre fitted to an EV was 18.59 inches and cost £207 while, for petrol and diesel cars, the corresponding figures were 17.40 inches and £130.

Meadows said:

We’ve explained before that our data in this area needs to be approached with a degree of caution because of the samples involved.

Most EVs operated by fleets tend to be at least the size of a family hatchback with comparatively few smaller vehicles yet available, so the electric vehicles on our platform tend to skew towards larger models. However, even bearing that in mind, both the new data and the figures we have released previously do seem to suggest that EV tyres are wearing faster and are more expensive.

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