We were driving across the Harbour Bridge at the time, pleased that we were going to arrive early enough at our destination to have a leisurely cup of coffee, when our education about a serious flaw in our EV car began. That was thanks – or no thanks – to a car cutting in front of us so closely that it was only due to a miracle, and great reflexes, that the front of our car didn’t end up a crumpled heap.
But we had to swerve hard to the left, bumping into the concrete wall, and it was immediately clear that a wheel had been damaged. We limped around the corner on our rapidly flattening tyre, and called for roadside assist. The NRMA was, as usual, brilliant. But even its excellent mechanic could do nothing for us except arrange a tow truck. There was a hole in our tyre and we had no spare.
Now, however, it turned out to be a big one. According to our NRMA guy, the hole was way too big to be fixed by the little repair kit that was supposed to make up for the lack of a spare. So, the car had to be towed.This was a Saturday night, did I mention? So, a taxi home, and we didn’t have access to the car until Monday. And when we finally got it towed to a tyre supplier, its mechanic told us that the lack of a spare was very common for EV cars.
What this also means is that manufacturers of EVs need to put their skates on, and work out how they can include a spare tyre in these vehicles.
Many new ICE vehicles no longer have spare tyres. This is not an EV problem, it’s a cost $$$ issue.
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