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There is nothing untrue about it. You can read stories on Teslamotorclub forum of people burning through tires in as little as 5k miles. No i dont think its because of weight as EVs are not that much heavier than ICE. I suspect it has something to do with EM radiation exposure and the metal wire in the tire. Interestingly there is little rubber in tires and instead they use alot of oil for production (~7 gallons of oil per tire = 6 tires per barrel). So theres another form of pollution just to keep EVs going every 5k miles.

Why tires — not tailpipes — are spewing more pollution from your cars
Wear and tear on vehicles’ tires and brakes emit fine particles into the air, linked to heart and lung disease

For decades, scientists and health officials have warned drivers of the harmful pollutants coming from tailpipes. But as car exhaust systems have become cleaner, pollution linked to heart and lung disease has increased from a different source: tires and brakes.

In fact, wear and tear on tires and brakes have been shown to produce increasingly more particle pollution, by mass, than car exhaust systems did in several real-world and test scenarios. Some of the particles are large enough to see with our eyes. Others are fine particles (known as PM 2.5, with diameters up to 2.5 microns) and ultrafine particles (known as PM 0.1, with diameters of 100 nanometers), which can enter through our bloodstream and harm our organs.

Scientists say the issue will only grow worse as more cars, including heavier electric cars that put more strain on tires, are put on the road. Unlike car tailpipe emissions, brake and tire emissions are not regulated, which suggests the pollution may continue unchecked for the foreseeable future.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/09/tire-brake-tailpipes-emissions-pollution-cars/