MG4 tyres

Geoffree

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My 2 week old MG4 has Continental Premium C tyres fitted and apart from stating 'Extra Load' on the sidewall I can't see anything about being specifically for EVs. According to this article in Car Magazine (EV tyres: which electric car tyres are best?) EVs have different requirements due to extra weight, quietness and extra power of EVs. A Google search for the Continental Premium C doesn't come up with anything. Anyone know about these tyres? I guess others have different tyres fitted when delivered.
 
The original tyres are only available in China so may be completely different to Continental available in Europe.

There are many discussions as to whether you really need EV specific tyres but I think as long as they are the correct spec. (Inc weight) then they don't need to be.
Love the handle by the way!
 
My 2 week old MG4 has Continental Premium C tyres fitted and apart from stating 'Extra Load' on the sidewall I can't see anything about being specifically for EVs. According to this article in Car Magazine (EV tyres: which electric car tyres are best?) EVs have different requirements due to extra weight, quietness and extra power of EVs. A Google search for the Continental Premium C doesn't come up with anything. Anyone know about these tyres? I guess others have different tyres fitted when delivered.
But the MG4 isn't that heavy is it. Less than 1,700 kg.
 
My 2 week old MG4 has Continental Premium C tyres fitted and apart from stating 'Extra Load' on the sidewall I can't see anything about being specifically for EVs. According to this article in Car Magazine (EV tyres: which electric car tyres are best?) EVs have different requirements due to extra weight, quietness and extra power of EVs. A Google search for the Continental Premium C doesn't come up with anything. Anyone know about these tyres? I guess others have different tyres fitted when delivered.

Extra weight - just match the weight rating you already have. The 4 needs weight rating 95 tyres, any tyre rated that or above is fine.

Quietness - yeah if you really want to buy extra quiet tyres, on you go.

Power - absolute rubbish, the 4 isn’t a torque monster at all

This isn’t aimed at ‘you’ specifically.
 
There is nothing to stop you putting normal tyres on as long as the meet the weight requirements although they might wear quicker.
Black Circles have a concise summery here.
No. I read through your link and it's a tyre selling website, they want to make money and the language used is accordingly.

TyreReviews on youtube does tyre tests and EV tyres are more efficient due to less thread depth.
He doesn't recommend them because they are more expensive and wear out faster.
ADAC did a test and has shown that EVs can chew through a set of tyres up to 8% faster but it also strongly depends on the driver. You can rip through tyres even on an ICE car. Heck, the sports tyres on the RS were gone after about 30.000km, they were Bridgestone Potenza afaik.

I have a Renault Zoe (135bhp and 245Nm), FWD and the front tyres were at about 2,3mm after 55000km or 34400miles. So no significant extra wear and tear on those compared to the prior 6 years of driving ICE. They were Michelin CrossClimate+. I replaced them because I got a good deal on a set of Hankooks.
I also had the Michelin Energy EV on my 1st Zoe (90bhp and 220Nm) and they were at the same level at around 40.000km (driven distance) even though I used them only in summer and were rotated each time.

My advice, look on the fuel efficiency label, even though that's another can of worms, respect the weight indicators and buy the ones you fancy. Don't shell extra money on EV-specific tyres because even if they manage a 3-5% better economy it won't pay off.

EDIT: the MG4 has 250Nm torque, even a Renault with the 1.5dCi engine has more than that (320Nm in the 130bhp version).
 
Less noise by making the tread shallower is such a cynical route for the tyre companies to take, but an easy one.
Noise is generated by air being forced through the tyre sipes after all.
 
There isnt just standard and extra load tyres. All tyres have a load rating. See here.


One of my cars has a load rating of 700kg per tyre and my motorhome has 215-16-70 with around 1100kg per tyre. Thats like a whole hatchback on a tyre.

So if load is a concern most tyres are going to cope with the approx 450kg per tyre load of the MG
 
so are these tyres for chinese market ? i was cought in some rain yesterday and it was almost scary yo drive , on some bends car was even tail happy and was caught by the traction control ( slow bends doing 25kms ) , and when one time the lane assist decided to act car felt like i had lost it . If they are not european specific these tyres would be based more on nylon , not happy with them will be looking to change them .
 
Yes, they're Chinese rubber tyres. (Obvious, since the cars are built in China and come with tyres already fitted).

As you are in Malta, and it tends to be a lot drier there, when you do get rain then oil deposits on the road (from cars, and rubber deposits from tyres) leach and make the road surface slippy (until the deposits wash away). So I don't think you can place all the blame on these Chinese tyres.
 
Yes, they're Chinese rubber tyres. (Obvious, since the cars are built in China and come with tyres already fitted).

As you are in Malta, and it tends to be a lot drier there, when you do get rain then oil deposits on the road (from cars, and rubber deposits from tyres) leach and make the road surface slippy (until the deposits wash away). So I don't think you can place all the blame on these Chinese tyres.
ur right , I'm not blaming all the blame on them , because some of our roads are rubbish and very slippery but doesn't happen with other cars so the extra nylon in the tyres (because chinese tyres seem to have more than any other tyres ) doesn't help neither , but no other car with tyres bought locally would be all over the place like this , it was scary .
 

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