We had good results with the Bridgestone Ecopia tires on our 2012 Leaf
to replace the original all-seasons (we have a set of winter tires as
well which each do about half the year). Kilometres per kWh increased
from 6.6 to 7.2 after the installation.
Regarding going to narrower tires, with the amount of rain, snow and ice
we have here, I would not want to reduce the contact patch area of my
tires. I have tried the higher inflation, narrower tread in decades
past, and did not care for the impact on braking performance. These
days, I expect spinning tires on acceleration would also become an
occasional issue.
Darryl McMahon
On 7/20/2019 4:09 PM, ev-requ...@lists.evdl.org wrote:
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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 15:27:24 -0500 (CDT)
From: brucedp5 <bruce...@juno.com>
To: ev@lists.evdl.org
Subject: [EVDL] Tires to increase Lawrence's Leaf EV range (to/from
SF-CA)
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https://www.google.com/search?q=nissan+leaf+tires+range
search leaf forums on this topic
Lawrence didn't mention what year, trim, wheel& tire size his Leaf EV
was/had.
https://tiresize.com/tires/Nissan/Leaf/
leaf EV tire sizes
Here's some 205/60R16 leaf sized lrr tire links to explore:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/205-60R16-92H-Bridgestone-Ecopia-EP422-Plus-A-S-All-Season-Tire/46694025
205/60R16 92H Bridgestone Ecopia EP422 Plus A/S All Season Tire
Walmart # 564542630 $79.89
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Goodyear-assurance-fuel-max-P205-55R16-91H-vsb-all-season-tire/52163078
Goodyear assurance fuel max P205/55R16 91H vsb all-season tire
Average rating:5out of5stars, based on1reviews1 reviews
Walmart # 550392015 $84.89
a little less wet traction= not good for rainy Seattle-WA
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Yokohama-AVID-Ascend-89T-Tire-P205-55R16/47407438
Yokohama AVID Ascend 89T Tire P205/55R16
Walmart # 563687690 $93.28
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI97iql-LB4wIVA47ICh2BCQ47EAQYAyABEgIPxfD_BwE&tireMake=Michelin&tireModel=Primacy+HP&partnum=055VR6PHP&GCID=C13674x012-tire&KEYWORD=tires.jsp_Michelin_Primacy_HP_Tire&code=yes&ef_id=EAIaIQobChMI97iql-LB4wIVA47ICh2BCQ47EAQYAyABEgIPxfD_BwE:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!3756!3!72322431853!!!g!99874715053!
Michelin Primacy HP - Size: 205/55R16 Grand Touring Summer
Size: 205/55R16 Eco: Green X $120.34
IMO, instead of choosing a lighter tire, consider just buying the better lrr
tirelrr tire for 'your' driving needs, and lose weight by replacing the
wheel rims with lighter one$.
https://www.google.com/search?q=nissan+leaf+wheel+weight
Also, several on the various leaf forms mention going to a the larger 17"
wheel/tire i.e. 17X7 & 215/50R17
Doing this slightly changes the gear ratio, and the tires might be slightly
heavier.
{brucedp.neocities.org}
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Darryl McMahon
Freelance Project Manager (sustainable systems)
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