Electric Summer Tires - Can You Really Have It All? 

Tires are so important, I wish everyone knew how important quality tires are, not just for weekends in the canyons but for everyday driving to help keep you safe and comfortable (and those around you safe)

That's right Jason, I never use anything but high performance summer tires.

KEEP UP THE SEXY TIRE CONTENT 😍😍 Edit, I've actually tested this tyre vs the IC version, it was a fun experiment

What i'd love to see is a difference of these EV Summer tires versus a "regular" summer, both on an ICE car. Since the tires are made for heavier GVWR, are they more or less likely to grip on a lighter ICE vehicle, and how would that impact fuel efficiency?

Good to see the Hankook company getting some recognition here. Have been very happy in recent years with their products. Good tyres at a good price. Companies like Hankook have to work harder than the older recognised brands to compete, and us consumers win.

It would be handy to compare against the benchmark Michelin Pilot Sport 4s

I live in Iceland and I spend the money to change over to summer tires for the 4-5 months a year I can safely use them. The car drives so much better, totally worth it.

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan... Tires are cool! You singlehandedly have made me be more careful about the tires on my car, not because of performance, but for safety.

"My never worked a day in my life hands". GOLD

Love to see Jason enjoying everything he does, from explaining engineering, to driving. Hopeful 😊

Very clear and informative. Well done, and thank you!

Excellent video and explanation. As always well done job 👌👍

This is the best comercial I've ever watched. Informative and fun to watch.

I always enjoy viewing your videos about tires, and this is one of my favorites! Keep up the great work! 🍩🍩

One of the great luxuries I could wish for is the room to store and rotate a set of summer/winter tires and wheels. Until then as nice as these tires are the best single tire is a good quality all terrain.

30 more miles!! That is going to give my gen 1 Leaf nearly 50% more range..... sold. 😊

I don’t understand the emphasis on low rolling resistance for EV tires, wouldn’t you want low rolling resistance for regular cars too? Seems you should get similar benefits

Heysohn! Good to see you my good sir. Glad to see your tires still have plenty of tread.

I just bought a set of these in 305 30 /25. It is the best choice I could make for my Taycan. I am very happy with them. The Hankook's are A LOT quieter!

Gorgeous B roll scenery. I get to look at that mountain everyday.

Brilliant video! That was so interesting and informative. Thank you :)

Extremely interesting content. Thank You.

Very informative. I am down to consider these when I need a new set of not-winters. It's pushing it in my climate, as we often see snow in may-september so usually the 'all season' is best for summer.

great video. I'd love to see you compare the different noise levels of a bunch of tyres. i'd be interested to find out which are the quietest ones.

Great video, you deserve all your success many tmes over.

Thanks! I learned a lot and will be ordering a set of Hankook e-ion tyres for my Leaf here in the Caribbean 👍🏻

Great Explanation. I may now open my own tire manufacturing plant.. Excellent presentation 👏 👌

I’ve been wanting these tires for my Taycan, but they dont yet have the right sizes for it. Hopefully they will by the time my next set are needed. Thanks for the great and informative video!

An Excellent, in depth but easy to understand explanation ! Top notch 👍😎

Yayyyy, new clip from EE!!

Used Hankook S1 Evo 1, 2 n 3, V12 evo n Evo2, RS2, RSS Z211 and Dynapro I can Attest Hankook provides Value for $$ with Good Grip esp in Wet

I just bought a Model 3 and this is news I can use. Thank you for this video! Hankook is likely going to get a sale as a result. ;)

Hi Jason, love your videos. Just an idea for a video..... the advantages and/or disadvantages of using EV tires on a combustion vehicle. The EV tires sound so great you would want to use them on a conventional performance car as well. I think stiff walls might be one of the biggest things involved. Im not sure if you have covered this in another video though, I do watch most of your vids when I can. Thanks

Love the video, my only counter arguement to that would be the price. Is 30 ‘potential’ miles range a greater saving that I’m assuming this premium price per tyre would be? I would assume not. However, great video, very educational! 👌🏼

I absolutely love summer tyres. For the lower noise and increased braking performance.

Great video. I would like to see a video about the new Prius - engine effeciency, drag and rolling resistance and a video with a comparison of Tesla Model Y and Toyota Rav4 plug in hybrid regarding effeciency.

Great upload....there is so much tech that goes into a good tire these days it's amazing. Wondering if you could do a similar review of the Toyo Celsius All Weather tire - which claims year-round usability but better winter performance than All Season tires, plus a 60,000 mile wear rating. How would they achieve this on a mountain snowflake rated tire, especially in light of your comments on compound softness here?

You may be perfectly okay with it, but I can't help but feel pain when I see you slalom with a Model S yoke. I wince with every over-the-shoulder shot ;).

Another awesome vid Jason 👏 We are told that tire rotation is very important. But is it? Are we better off rotating tires and replacing them 4 at a time ... or just run them as is, and replace the driven 2 when worn out? Have you ever done the numbers on this Jason?

Have you ever done a video on how GM does the cylinder shutdown? My last two Corvettes could run on 4 cylinders when just cruising, to greatly increase fuel milage. I always wondered if they somehow were able to keep the exhaust valves open in the deactivated cylinder to avoid unwanted compression. Also wondered if they shift which 4 cylinders they chose to avoid uneven wear. What ever they do,it works flawlessly and increases mpg to 34-35 on long trips. Pretty good for 495hp high performance car.

Southern Ohio. I run summer tires in the summer. I’m originally from Canada and used to winter tires. I replaced my winters with Cross Climate 2 all weather which I believe is way better for the sometime rain, sometimes snow here in the winter.

When I bought new summer tires, I made sure that the wet grip has an A rating. I only experienced a loss of grip once (while overtaking on the highway during rain), but having my car turn sideways (like, 90° sideways) to the road while traveling at 130 km/h was more than enough for a lifetime. (No one got harmed, including no cars harmed, but that was a hell of a scare.)

I will say that if I had the money would love to be able to run summer tires and winter tires but since tires are so expensive I cannot. With that being said I have the All-season Hankook Ion Evo tires on my EV and so far they are amazing. Couldn’t ask for a more comfortable and quiet ride.

Problem is that I want more range in winter when range is depleted by lower temperatures. In summer the 20%-30% more range makes the additional range on a tire is negligible.

I can't really use summers where I live since the nightly lows in my climate never rise above 36°F (~2°C). However, it is nice to have all-seasons in surprise autumn snowstorms, so even if I could, I wouldn't run summers. If I ever move to Florida, California, or Arizona, that will change.

I would love for you to do a video on when will we reach the limits of performance of an SUV vs a coupe or sedan. Does ground clearance impose a limit, all things being equal (gas SUV vs gas coupe or EV SUV vs EV coupe). Those larger tires and higher ground clearance must have a performance limitation in acceleration or turning/handling.

best of both world would be a tire that becomes more grippy when you load it with cornering, accelerating or braking, but wouldn't deform much and be efficient under light load when crusing at constant speed. maybe a tire with only the center of tire touching the ground and being much harder, efficient and wear resistant but when you accelerate, decelerate, corner, the mass transfer on rear, front or side tires would make the sticky part of the tire touch and provide more grip

Engineering, physics, and chemistry class all at once. Great video!

Jason please look into the much coveted Michelin Pilot Sport 4S Tire labeled "Extra Load" and let us know what you find. apparently it's a fitment for the latest generation Model S Plaid with the Carbon Brakes and Track Pack. Misha just made reference to it in a recent Nurburgring test video he uploaded a few weeks back. much like previous collabs done with BMW (M3), Porsche (911/Taycan) and other brands, it seems to be an OEM spec designed specifically for the Triple Motor Tesla.

When I was a tire technician I learned way more about tires than I really needed. My boss would send me to tire seminars... Yeah tire companies have seminars to brag about their tire compound... We use coconut shells...we use silica to grip ice...we have triple Kevlar belts with steel belts... And of course when installing tires all day everyday you could see which ones were better quality. Some tires would just never balance properly others wouldn't be round out you needed to double the "safe" psi when installing to seat the tires properly. One thing is for certain no seminar ever told me if their tired was bad... always that they were the best

I have Sailun tyres...very good and not expensive 😎

Hi Jason. I had an interesting discussion with some friends around the question "Why is quick acceleration less energy efficient than slow acceleration?"...on both electric and ICE vehicles. For example, if you are supposed to travel 1 mile, why is it more efficient to accelerate to 60mph in 10 seconds and than cruise for the rest of the mile versus accelerating to 60mph in 5 seconds and than cruise for the rest of the mile? You are basically moving the same mass over the same distance. I had this question in my mind for some time now and I could not find a pleasing answer researching on the Internet. Of course, the simple answer is: "more energy/fuel is transformed into heat, as more pressure is applied to the mechanical parts", but why? and how? and to what point it differs from ICE to electric vehicles? I would love to see a video where you try to explain the principles of physics that could answer this questions. I'm a big fan of this channel BTW. Thank you for the content you are creating here.

I wish I could be you in your thumbnail. That’s one sweet seat!

Hankook is a very impressive tire manufacturer. The Ventus S2 evo2 has a decibel rating of 69. I can confirm that these tires are night and day quiet, as compared to Pirelli Cinturato P7 tires on a BMW 428ix sedan.

Bro I came to your channel as soon as I watched the 2300hp gemera reveal. I'm waiting

Is it better than Michelin Pilot Sport 4s? I got a M3P might try Hankook next summer.

Can you explain please about CFM of front bumper with and without mesh (grill)? Does mesh affect on effectiveness of air heat exchange?

Hi, for this tire, do you know what is the lowest working temperature? For the Michelin 4s is like in the 40's. Thanks for the info.

Are these even for sale in north America? I only see the all season ion evos on sites here.

Everyone who lives in an area that has - 0 Cecius or below for more than a month in a year, should have a set of summer tires and a set of winter tires instead of a compromised all season tire.

Can you do a video explaining/exploring Nano-electro fluid (NEF) "batteries" that Influit Energy is testing?

Is this a good alternative for a heavy non electric vehicle? Like a minivan for example

Living in MN, I can't use these without changing them out every season, which is kind of a pain. Unless I buy a second set of rims I can swap them myself. I would love to be able to use a high wear rating summer tire for 365 day use. One of several downsides to living in a cold climate. I just changed my worn OEM MXM4's to Pirelli P Zero's. They are a little mushier and have a bit of a more hollow sound, but overall I like them for all seasons. Will have to see how they do in the winter for final judgement. They're also ~$50 cheaper per tire and have a slightly higher wear rating. Efficiency seems about the same as the MXM4's.

Jason, how was Lemans? Will we see something from there soon?

For the sake of clarity: Passenger tires -> Summer tires -> Extreme Performance tires -> DOT Competition tires -> Race tires.

How do The Continental Pure contact LS tires compare to The Hankook ION EVO tires is the video?

Amazing timing! My Model 3 is about ready for new tires and I want something more enthusiast oriented. These look like just the ticket. Great work as always!

But does this mean I should get these over PSC2's for a plaid model S? Are they really going to grip on a launch like the Michelin's?

Can you do a comparison between these ION EVO tires on your 18 inch Martian wheels vs the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires on your 18 inch T Sportline wheels? How does the tire performance compare? Are the EVO's 0-60 times as good? Handling as good? Any info or experience you can share about that?

On my Model 3 Performance, I’ve been running Michelin PS4S but with the Porsche ‘NO’ spec since Tesla’s ‘TO’ spec has been much harder to find since they went with the worse performing Pirelli’s on newer models. I switch over to Michelin Pilot Alpin PA4 for winters when the temps drop. It’s gonna be hard to convince me to switch from that combo… combined with Unplugged Performance upgraded sways, the M3P handles like nothing else I’ve driven with Michelin tread. There’s a reason why Tesla first put Michelins on our cars early on.

Please look into the Sailun eRange tire

Should I be running summer tires in Phoenix AZ where it almost never gets below 35 F?

Great video. Regarding the centripetal acceleration of the tire, since the velocity of the tire at the contact patch is zero, the basic v^2/r formula doesn't quite hold, does it? It seems like there would be some third order stuff going on there.

Did I just watch an EE video with no whiteboard? ...Jason, are you feeling okay? Blink twice if you are being held against your will!

Would you rather get Michelin that came with M3 or this? Thanks!

The Subaru dealer didn't want to install some nice snows i bought for my wrx because the speed rating wasn't high enough. I told them i never drive over 108mph on the ice so don't worry.

Are there standardized tests for tires in North America? Where's the SAE on this?

I just wonder if different profiles are available, I'd assume a round profile similar to a ATV tire would be better for cars with swing axle suspension but contact patch is definitely sacrificed there.

Stiff SIDEWALL compound but the tread area is a soft compound. That's why soft summer tires wear faster than all seasons.

I'd like studless ice tires - there are a few companies that make them, and they actually work.

I'm already on my 3rd set of 60,000mi original equipment Michelin tires for my BoltEV after 72,000 miles. Grrrr. I guess it is just too fun to drive around corners. Will try these Hankook tires next time?

Anyone know where you can order these in US online, I can just find the all-aeason version.

Can you please do a breakdown of a good winter tyre too? After watching this and last video about these hankook tyres, I bought them and boy does it make a difference on my EV!

Unfortunately Hancook doesnt make 17 inch tires that fit on the Chevy Bolt EV. Im still looking around for good tires for the Bolt

$365 per tire. That's a lot of miles at just 6% more efficient to make it worth the price. But I value efficiency over racing performance. Right now I have some Michelin CrossClimate 2's because I live in CO where it can be all seasons within a week.

What I love about Summer Tires is that they Withstand High Speed!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂.

I love the tire videos, the difference between a $400 set of tires from Walmart and a high quality set of tires that costs much more isn’t just traction, the better tires are better in every way.

I recently had to change the tires on my Taycan, but sadly the Hankook weren't available. :(

Thank you for the video, it was very informative! By the way “hysterisis” is an ancient Greek word that means delay. How cool is that? 😄😎

Anyone know where I can find the list of tires/tyres that are rated with the European standard (i.e. AAA rated)?

The foam insert liner in the tire beside you... is that part of the tire or just for shipping protection?

What is the reason for one tyre (rear right) need more weight (2-3times) than remaining 3 tyre when balancing the wheels ? Every time (~5k km) i go for wheel balancing and rotation ,rear right tyre need more weight and rear left tyre hardly need ay weight.

Can you make a video on ducted fuel injection (DFI) for diesel engines.

Is the summer tires available in the US?

Is there a summer tire with high tread depth? I want a summer tire but, i dont like how they dont last as long

What's the difference between the ION EV and Ventus S1 Evo3 EV? My i4 came with Evo3 EVs.

Tell you what, my Tesla has had nothing but horrible luck with the Pirellis (punctures, flats, worn out after 3000 miles) it came with, and then even much worse luck with the Continental DWS 06. Even though the DWS 06 is a 104W tire, I believe it can not handle the weight of the Tesla or the way it puts down power. Way too much sidewall flex. I am eagerly waiting for the Hankook iON evo AS SUV to be available in my size.

Is there any reason an “ev” tire could not be used on a regular gas car? If not, why?

Are these tires out yet? I only see the AS version at America’s Tire and Tirerack.

What do you actually think about the tires? Did you notice any increase in range? I’m having trouble finding actual reviews. Also… a question for the Hankook reps, when will these things be available on tire rack. I drive a taycan and would be interested in trying these out.