The Volkswagen ID.5 leaves the factory on 235/45 R21 and 235/50 R20 and 235/55 R19 depending on wheel size, and the 235/55 R19 101T below is the one most owners are replacing. A standard load 101 rating is modest for an electric car and says something about where this one's kerb weight sits. It is staggered: a 235 section at the front and a 255 at the back, so the two can never be swapped across axles and the rear goes first. The Audi Q4 e-tron takes the same size.
| Generation | Trim | Wheel | Tyre size | Load index | Speed | Construction | Marking | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current | Pro, Pro Performance and GTX (19in) | 19in | 235/55 R19 front, 255/50 R19 rear | 101 | T | SL | none | see plate |
| Current | GTX (20in) | 20in | 235/50 R20 front, 255/45 R20 rear | 100 | T | SL | none | see plate |
| Current | GTX (21in) | 21in | 235/45 R21 front, 255/40 R21 rear | 101 | T | XL | none | see plate |
Your own placard is the authority. You will find it on the on the driver's door jamb, on the B-pillar. Where it disagrees with this page, it wins. Match or exceed the size, load index, speed rating and construction class it gives, and use its pressure figure rather than anything printed on the tyre.
The ID.5 is staggered: the rear tyre is 20 mm wider than the front on every wheel size listed here, so the front pair and the rear pair are two different orders.
Only the 21 inch fitment is XL. The 19 and 20 inch tyres are standard load, and the most heavily rated corner on the car is the 19 inch rear, 255/50 R19 103T, at 875 kg.
It is the coupe-roofed version of the ID.4, and in Europe its 19 and 20 inch staggered pairs match those on the Skoda Enyaq 80 and 85. On 21 inch wheels the rear 255/40 R21 has about 102 mm of sidewall, against about 128 mm on the 19 inch rear.
How these were chosen. Everything here already clears this vehicle's own load index, speed rating and construction class. Each heading is a question about use rather than a ranking. The whole method.
Graded A for wet grip, and nothing else that fits is graded higher. Graded A for rolling resistance, the best of anything here, and that is the figure that shows on the range display. EPREL registration 2626877.
Graded A for rolling resistance, the best of anything here, and that is the figure that shows on the range display. Graded A for wet grip, and nothing else that fits is graded higher. EPREL registration 2619342.
Measured at 70 decibels. Graded A for wet grip, and nothing else that fits is graded higher. EPREL registration 2644146.
A winter tyre, so a second set rather than a replacement for what is on the car now. Graded D for wet grip. Graded B for rolling resistance. EPREL registration 727673.
Graded A for wet grip, and nothing else that fits is graded higher. Graded A for rolling resistance, the best of anything here, and that is the figure that shows on the range display. EPREL registration 1367619.
Ordering is by the registered label figure, not by anything we think of them.
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.
An all-season tyre for electric cars, which is a sensible default in a climate that rarely makes a full winter tyre worth the second set of wheels.
Continental's efficiency summer tyre in the sizes heavy electric cars actually use, available in some fitments with the ContiSilent foam liner.
Graded A for fuel efficiency in several of the sizes heavy electric cars use, which is a harder result on a two tonne car than it looks.
A studless winter tyre built for the weight and the rolling resistance demands of an electric car.
An efficiency-first summer tyre aimed squarely at range rather than at cornering.
Sumitomo's electric-car range at a price well below the flagships, with the load ratings heavy battery cars actually need.
A Korean-built summer tyre that turns up as original equipment more often than its profile suggests, graded A for fuel efficiency.
A high performance summer tyre available in the Y rated sizes that heavy, fast electric cars are specified with.
Graded A for wet grip in the large sizes electric SUVs run, which is the grade worth paying for.
A touring summer tyre built with Bridgestone's Enliten construction, which cuts weight and rolling resistance across the range rather than in one model.
A performance summer tyre built for heavy, fast electric cars, with an acoustic foam liner bonded inside the cavity.
Every figure here comes from one tyre maker's own fitment data, checked across different years or trims. That is a second look rather than a second opinion, so check the label on your door jamb before you buy.
