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Why Don't EVs Come With Spare Tires? (insideevs.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Your being sarcastic, but yes. A flat tire is rare, and minimal impact. Not preparing for it is perfectly reasonable. If you are in a situation where a flat is high impact (driving into the bush, etc) then you need a solution, and you should prepare for that.

But for the vast majority of drivers, and especially EV drivers, a tow truck is actually a solution, because they are almost always in a metropolitan area.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (6 children)

This assumes you don't leave a major city though. Start driving in the county side and you'll find there are dead zones. Go drive in the Rockies and you'll find quite a few areas that have no cell reception.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And carrying a spare makes sense in those situations. Where as someone who drives in a city or suburbs with acceptable mobile coverage doesn't need the spare.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 month ago

You mean ride a bus?

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