Tires

[eg2ff]

My 2016 eGolf has ECOPIA 422Plus tires. Are these run flat, and ate there any other suggestions or thoughts?

 

[JoulesThief]

1. No
2. Very low rolling resistance to maximize mileage between recharging. Not a performance tire, unless you consider how far you can go on a charge a measure of performance.

 

[coval]

I've read bad things about these tires (not grippy enough) but to be honest I find them not bad at all. I have not driven them in rain yet, though and they are new, so we shall see...

 

[JoulesThief]

I've read bad things about these tires (not grippy enough) but to be honest I find them not bad at all. I have not driven them in rain yet, though and they are new, so we shall see...

Shouldn't ever be a problem, grippiness in the rain, if you use D1-D3 or B modes to do most of your slowing down. Would be a problem if you get on the throttle pedal hard at speeds under 35 mph, the motor will easily break them free.

 

[jray]

I find the Ecopia tires perfectly fine in wet and even limited snow conditions IF driven carefully and conservatively. And if driving in limited snow and even icy conditions, I find the security of the regen modes for slowing and stopping more confidence inducing than driving my Alltrack. Obviously, if snow is deeper or I need to drive in mountains then 4WD is the better choice.

 

[NeilBlanchard]

We are using Nokian Hakka R3 winter tires - they have excellent grip in ice and snow (and even on dry pavement). Best of all, they are equal to the Ecopia tires for rolling resistance.