The Volkswagen ID.7 leaves the factory on 235/45 R20 and 235/50 R19 depending on wheel size, and the 235/50 R19 99T below is the one most owners are replacing. A standard load 99 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 BYD Seal U takes the same size.
| Generation | Trim | Wheel | Tyre size | Load index | Speed | Construction | Marking | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current | Pro and Tourer (19in) | 19in | 235/50 R19 front, 255/45 R19 rear | 99 | T | SL | none | see plate |
| Current | Pro and Tourer (20in) | 20in | 235/45 R20 front, 255/40 R20 rear | 100 | 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 fastback and the Tourer estate share their staggered pairs, so the body style makes no difference to the order: 235 section at the front and 255 at the rear, on either 19 or 20 inch wheels.
On 19 inch wheels the ID.7 is on standard-load tyres, 99 front and 100 rear. The 20 inch pair is XL at 100 and 101, which is only 25 kg more per corner at the rear but rules out a standard-load tyre of that size.
Every fitment listed is T-rated. The 20 inch rear, 255/40 R20, has the shallowest sidewall on the car at about 102 mm.
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 2561730.
Graded A for rolling resistance, the best of anything here, and that is the figure that shows on the range display. Graded B for wet grip. EPREL registration 2462912.
Measured at 72 decibels. Graded A for wet grip, and nothing else that fits is graded higher. EPREL registration 2089399.
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 727663.
Ordering is by the registered label figure, not by anything we think of them.
A studless winter tyre built for the weight and the rolling resistance demands of an electric car.
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.
A Korean-built summer tyre that turns up as original equipment more often than its profile suggests, graded A for fuel efficiency.
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.
Continental's efficiency summer tyre in the sizes heavy electric cars actually use, available in some fitments with the ContiSilent foam liner.
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 high performance summer tyre available in the Y rated sizes that heavy, fast electric cars are specified with.
An efficiency-first summer tyre aimed squarely at range rather than at cornering.
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.
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