Tesla Model Y wheel size and its impact on 0-60 acceleration

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With the Tesla Model Y just starting deliveries a couple of weeks past, owners are getting their first tastes of how the crossover works. Brian Jenkins from YouTube channel i1Tesla shot his experiments a couple of steps farther and listed that the Model Y Performance 0-60 MPH acceleration period depending on the mill 21″ Uberturbine wheel dimensions and lots of aftermarket wheel choices.

Brian brought his Model Y Performance into a research center known as NCCAR at Northhampton County, North Carolina, to examine rate rates from 0-60 MPH. The tests were conducted with the 21″ Uberturbine brakes that come standard with the Model Y’s optional performance update, 19″ TSW wheels from EVtuning.com, and 18″ MWO3 Forged rims from Martian Wheels.

The Uberturbine front wheels weigh 64.8 lbs, with the slightly wider rear brakes weighing 68.6 lbs with the tires attached according to a wheel weight evaluation conducted by Brian in the NCCAR centre. Meanwhile, the 19″ TSW wheels weigh 47.6 lbs with a tire and 23 lbs by themselves. The 18″ Martian MWO3 Forged wheels weigh 40.7 lbs with a tire installed on the rim. Martian’s website says the rim weighs only 17.3 pounds with no tire attached to them.

The initial runs of the automobile were with the 21″ Uberturbine rims. Brian conducted four times with these wheels to the car, using two runs to check its ordinary 0-60 MPH period, one run with Tesla’s Slip Start feature, and one run utilizing that the Model Y’s Off-Road placing . The tests were conducted with a battery rate of between 82% and 74%. A Dragy GPS listed the times.

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Tesla Model Y 0-60 mph with 21″ Tesla Uberturbine Wheels (68.6 lbs with tire)

Run 1 – Normal: 0-60 MPH at 3.77 seconds
Run 2 – Normal: 0-60 MPH at 5.74 seconds
Run 3 – Slip Start: 0-60 MPH at 3.81 seconds
Run 4 – Off-Road: 0-60 MPH at 3.83 seconds

The next two runs were performed with the 19″ TSW and 18″ MWO3 Wheels. Due to the lighter weight, the runs with those tires have been faster.

Tesla Model Y 0-60 mph with 19″ TSW Wheels (47.6 lbs with drill, 23 lbs with no exercise )

Run 1 – Normal: 0-60 MPH at 3.45 seconds

Tesla Model Y 0-60 mph with 18″ Martian MWO3 Forged Wheels (40.7 lbs with drill, 17.3 pounds with no exercise )

Run 1 – Normal: 0-60 MPH at 3.42 seconds

The smaller and lighter TSW wheels shaved .29 minutes off of the Tesla Uberturbine brakes, but the even smaller and lighter 18″ Martian rims were able to cut nearly a third of a second off of the time with a .32 second quicker 0-60 time.

This wheel’s dimensions also impacts the assortment of the vehicle. The EPA’s rating of the Model Y Performance says the automobile offers miles of range, when paired with the 19″ Gemini brakes, and 280 miles of scope Uberturbine brakes.

Comparisons of the Model 3’therefore different rim sizes have an effect on the scope too, where the 20″ brakes give 299 miles provide 304 miles, and the driver will be given 322 miles of scope by 18 ″.

We’ve embedded Brian’s video below, which shows Model Y’s 0-60 MPH acceleration varies by tire and wheel sizing.

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