New EV Specific Tire - Hankook iON HT

[VTHokies]

Looks like we have a new "EV specific" tire available to us with an 80,000 mile warranty... I like the look!

Hankook iON HT

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[MichaelCA]

My next tire are probably these or the Defenders. Hmm.

 

[VTHokies]

yeah I couldn't find any pricing except for the below, if they are truly this cheap I might just get them now even though I only have 12k miles on my OEM Goodyears...

 

[MichaelCA]

yeah I couldn't find any pricing except for the below, if they are truly this cheap I might just get them now even though I only have 12k miles on my OEM Goodyears...

I read on the Rivian forums that Americas Tire can order them for you in person if you wanna check with them.

 

[MBM]

Definitely one of the nicer looking HT tires on the market, the sidewall actually looks more like an AT tire, which I like. Check for these at your Ford Dealer, mine has them online and they are about $1500 with tax included and an alignment. There is also Hankook rebate of $100 and the Ford Dealer is showing a $100 rebate as well. Some of the Rivian guys are buying them on a website called simple tire for less than $200 but I don’t believe they have our size available.

 

[Rip]

My next tire are probably these or the Defenders. Hmm.

OK, I'll bite...what makes these better tires for EVs?

 

[MichaelCA]

OK, I'll bite...what makes these better tires for EVs?

Longer tread life = 80K miles, lower rolling resistance for better range per charge, contact patch optimized for heavier EVs, some stuff about less road noise.

their product announcement page goes over it a bit more.
https://www.hankooktire.com/us/en/company/media-center/media-detail.631603.html

 

[WXman]

44 lbs. with a 4 ply rating. Ick. These are probably just as flimsy as the OE Goodforayear Territory HT tires.

If I'm going back with a mild tread pattern like this (I won't), I'll just stick with OE.

 

[bronco->lightning]

Putting them on my truck this week. Discount Tire matched the NTB price (more convenient for me than the Ford dealership).

 

[MichaelCA]

Putting them on my truck this week. Discount Tire matched the NTB price (more convenient for me than the Ford dealership).

Tempted to get them at that price with rebate… I still have a good chunk of tread left though. Let us know what you think. I wonder if americas tire will match the price since NTB isn’t local to me.

 

[VTHokies]

Putting them on my truck this week. Discount Tire matched the NTB price (more convenient for me than the Ford dealership).

what was the price? $222?

 

[bronco->lightning]

what was the price? $222?

Yes they matched that price.

 

[Ekiehn]

Yes they matched that price.

Where are you located? My Ford dealer says he couldn't get them yet, only in Cali.. i'm here in SoFla. Haven't called Discount Tire yet

 

[Ekiehn]

Definitely one of the nicer looking HT tires on the market, the sidewall actually looks more like an AT tire, which I like. Check for these at your Ford Dealer, mine has them online and they are about $1500 with tax included and an alignment. There is also Hankook rebate of $100 and the Ford Dealer is showing a $100 rebate as well. Some of the Rivian guys are buying them on a website called simple tire for less than $200 but I don’t believe they have our size available.

I agree... they appear to have the same "look" as the Hankook Dynapro AT2's that i have on right now which is a decent look.. my driving is really all M+S and I scrape by with an average 2.3 M/Kwh, barely 2 on the highway with the AT's, it would be nice to get a little more range if possible...

 

[bronco->lightning]

Where are you located? My Ford dealer says he couldn't get them yet, only in Cali.. i'm here in SoFla. Haven't called Discount Tire yet

Located in Texas. The employee had to call the warehouse and have them shipped to store. This location’s computer didn’t even have a price entered for them yet!

I’m giving Hankook a second chance as I experienced the low tread life and uneven wear many have described with the OEM Dynapros.

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