I can depend on AAA for on-road repair and/or service. I pay for that convenience. After a few trips to the tip of Baja, it becomes obvious you need to plan for the worst and hope for the best when you go seeking adventure.
Yes I will stick with 35s as well because I'm sure if you start messing with tire size height and width the way this thing is most likely to can be computerized you're going to start playing with fire
In current Tesla models you can enter in some tire/wheel information, but I am not sure how detailed it gets or what it does with that information. I have seen Tesla owners mention it.
Running air ride improves the ride quality, just hope the CT comes with different ride setting
having air ride will improve the ride quality over conventional springs, so maybe less tyre wall will give a more controlled ride. Can’t wait to see what setting the CT will have out of the box. Being able to simply adjust the pressures by a few PSI is really handy for a difference of soft, medium or stiff ride.
Airbags in general yes can have a smoother ride but there are exceptions. Large diameter airbags around 10" and bigger have higher capacity rating but also have more volume and gives a smoother ride but smaller airbag maybe 6" can have a much harsher ride, the transportation authority that I used to work for had both of this size in buses they owned. On a particular series bus, on the front axle they use 4 each 6" airbags and the ride quality was horrible. Now a 6" airbag may work well on CT, we just don't know the size that Tesla will use but I trust them to make a great choice. Tesla cars ride very well according to owners. Since we are on the airbag subject, airbags have a life sort of like a tire. I can't tell you how long they last but I worked on buses for 26 years I can not begin to tell you how many airbags I have changed but they can fail besides wear out. I have a friend that told me his airbags in a GM suv ( I can't remember the model ) went out, I think it was less than 5 years old. I know this will come up for CT, I expect this to be part of the maintenance program.
I like the Hexagonal hubcaps on the Cybertruck. I also like the aero hubcaps on my Model 3 vs any wheel. I think the hubcaps are their for efficiency reasons and they look good. Same thing goes for the Model 3 Aero caps. My guess about the tire is Tesla will release a tire that is efficient as well as usefull...maybe something like a BF Goodrich KO2.
I am not sure of every type of air suspension there is but these are commonly used in automotive and for heavier loads air bellows are used. The pic below shows what CT may use in the front to maximize the space between the wheels for more interior or frunk space. Plus they can be made with the option to self level. I would think on the rear axel of CT a heavy duty type of air spring will be used in order to have a load capacity of 3500 lbs. No question in my mind the bellows are up to the task but Elon may have a better idea already.
These are the type of suspension I know people call air bags, common for add-on and some factory installed to help load leveling.
I get that, but if I was going to do something like that, it would be for when I was going to do only off-roading. The hit to range will be substantial.
A 40" tire may affect overall range on CT, also its ability to pull a trailer. Larger tires is like changing final drive ratio which reduces the torque to the wheels but if you don't plan on using CT for trailering not much concern. One thing that does not get mention is axle angles, CV joints have limitations I could not tell you what they are (Many types CV's) but
Yes, a larger tire will reduce low speed torque; however, range will likely be enhanced. Consider, a larger tire has a greater circumference. This greater circumference, when rotated one time, results in a longer distance traveled than a smaller tire with lesser circumference. At speed, the effort to turn this larger wheel (tire), vs the effort to turn the smaller wheel approaches 0.
A larger tire is heavier, more spinning mass, thus harder to spin. Also, bigger tire means a larger contact patch, which means more rolling resistance.
