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Increased tyre wear seen with EVs compared with petrol or diesel cars is being caused not by the vehicles themselves, but the way they are driven.
That's according to Red Corporate Driver Training, which said that although the extra weight and strong acceleration of EVs were often given as reasons for the increasing tyre costs associated with them by fleet operators, a lack of understanding of how to drive them was a bigger factor.
CEO Seb Goldin said: "Because EVs tend to be heavier than their ICE equivalents, they are more likely to be used in stop-start urban environments, and with higher torque through the driven wheels, fleet managers may be expecting higher tyre wear rates.
"But driver behaviour is actually by far the most important factor. EVs are able to get up to speed quicker, and while they are generally driven more slowly overall, from stationary they're often accelerated harder, which wears the tyres out.
"After training, our clients see no more tyre wear for EVs than usual, if they are driven properly and the unique characteristics of these vehicles are taken into account."
Goldin said that improved driver behaviour, as well as reducing tyre-related costs, would also align tyre wear with servicing schedules.
He said: "This has a safety benefit: drivers wearing tyres out far quicker than servicing schedules may mean they are on the road with illegal, unsafe tyres far longer than they realise."
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