If you’re on the lookout for a tire that doesn’t treat fuel efficiency as a side hustle, the Michelin e.Primacy is the tire for you. The e.Primacy All-Season doesn’t catch your attention for wild styling, and it’s certainly not built for tire-squealing tricks—it has a different kind of flex.
The e.Primacy vows to take you further and sip less fuel along the way to your destination. While that sounds great, it’s not just an eco-friendly model—it has some real UHP specs behind it, clocking numbers that put other tires in the slow lane.
Sure, you might think a tire designed specifically for EVs would gravitate toward electric-only models, but this one accommodates whatever you pull out of the driveway. Gas-powered, hybrid models, full electric—this tire does it all. It keeps moving with the quiet confidence you want in a cross-country drive or a heavily driven commute.
Tread That Outlived Expectations
When the data arrived, it turned out that Michelin hadn’t just put a green sticker on an old-style tread and called it “innovation.” Michelin wasn’t playing up its assertions—they presented real proof. Actual treadwear testing was conducted on a 2024 Tesla Model 3, slapped with 235/40R19s.
The tires weren’t pampered during the testing process; they experienced real-world rotation and wear tracking. After the dust had settled on the testing track, the e.Primacy All-Season reached 45,764 miles before it was retired.
Those results make the e.Primacy the king of hill, blowing away competition like the Bridgestone Turanza EV and Continental ProContact RX, which achieved 30,244 and 32,438 miles, respectively.
You don’t need a calculator to notice the difference. According to average U.S. driving practices, that extra bit of mileage could add up to another year of driving without thinking about replacement.
Less Drag, More Range
Rolling resistance likely isn’t something you think about when you’re looking into a new set of tires—unless it saves you money. Michelin went the extra mile with this model, using ISO 28580 Rolling Resistance tests, to assess the e.Primacy All-Season against the competition—and it edged them out once again.
While other tires lagged enough to chip away at your efficiency, it stayed out of the way. That equates to fewer stops to fill up in gas-powered vehicles, and less time at the charging station for EV owners. You might not have noticed it, but your fuel tank or your battery definitely did. When you look at the wear figures, it’s a no-brainer. Drivers get an extra-long life tire that saves them fuel—that’s the kind of win-win you don’t come across often when you’re looking for eco-friendly tires.
Economy Beyond the Specs
What set this tire apart wasn’t hidden in some manufacturing or testing chart. It was in the way it performs during the everyday driving you put it through. Grocery trips, early commutes to work, weekend road trips—it handled them all.
Michelin obviously realized that drivers weren’t looking for flash—that they wanted something reliable, something that allowed them to forget about changing their tires for the next year or so—The e.Primacy All-Season provides quiet assurance in your drive—backed by real data, and that makes it a top contender in this category.
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