Thread: 50% of your EV energy consumption comes from wheels and tires
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Old 10-27-2023, 01:53 PM   #81 (permalink)
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Grip depends on many things and wider tire on narrow wheel offers less grip. So to put widest tires won't give fastest lap times.

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