Built for EVsSummerExtra load
Manufacture Francaise des Pneumatiques Michelin · Manufacturer material, used by permission
A performance summer tyre built for heavy, fast electric cars, with an acoustic foam liner bonded inside the cavity.
255/45 R19 tyres
255/45 R19 is 255mm across, with a sidewall 45 per cent of that width, on a 19 inch rim. We list nine in it, from seven manufacturers. Load indices run from 100 to 104. Wet grip runs from A to D.
Tyres in 255/45 R19
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Ordering is by the registered label figure, not by anything we think of them.
Built for EVsSummerExtra load
Manufacture Francaise des Pneumatiques Michelin · Manufacturer material, used by permission
An efficiency-first summer tyre aimed squarely at range rather than at cornering.
Built for EVsSummer
Continental AG · Manufacturer material, used by permission
Continental's efficiency summer tyre in the sizes heavy electric cars actually use, available in some fitments with the ContiSilent foam liner.
Built for EVsSummerExtra load
Hankook Tire & Technology · Manufacturer material, used by permission
Designed for electric cars from the ground up rather than adapted from a combustion tyre, and the winner of the 2025 Auto Bild EV tyre test.
summerExtra load
Continental AG · Manufacturer material, used by permission
A high performance summer tyre available in the Y rated sizes that heavy, fast electric cars are specified with.
summerExtra load
Bridgestone Europe NV/SA · Manufacturer material, used by permission
A touring summer tyre built with Bridgestone's Enliten construction, which cuts weight and rolling resistance across the range rather than in one model.
Built for EVsWinterExtra load
Nokian Tyres plc · Manufacturer material, used by permission
A studless winter tyre built for the weight and the rolling resistance demands of an electric car.
Built for EVsSummerExtra load
Kumho Tire · Manufacturer material, used by permission
Kumho's electric-car version of the Ecsta PS71, with its own tread and a casing built for the weight and instant torque of an EV.
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Nexen Tire Corporation · Manufacturer material, used by permission
A Korean-built summer tyre that turns up as original equipment more often than its profile suggests, graded A for fuel efficiency.
What the size means
Electric cars and vans that use it
Check your own placard before you buy. A size that fits the rim is not the same as a tyre rated for your vehicle, and the load index is what decides that rather than the price.