Pirelli P Zero All Season Plus 3 Elect Reviews

Electric vehicles (EVs) put a unique set of demands on tires. EV battery packs are heavy, sometimes making the vehicles as much as 30% heavier than their internal combustion engine (ICE) counterparts. That weight also changes the car’s center of gravity, and EV tires need to be designed to factor in both of those changes to handling properties and driving dynamics. With no engine and no exhaust note, EVs also run very quietly on the highway; any road noise from tires is going to be pretty noticeable and intrusive, so their tires need to be tuned to cancel certain frequencies and overtones to keep road noise to a minimum. In addition, most EVs are very powerful and can deliver torque instantaneously rather than on a curve like ICE vehicles, which means the rubber on the tires must be capable of handling that kind of torque and raw horsepower. Finally, it’s important for any EV to get the most miles possible out of a full battery charge, and EV tires need to be designed with low rolling resistance for the most efficiency, allowing drivers to extend their vehicles’ range. It’s even better if these tires provide year-round performance and traction while also checking all the boxes we just mentioned. That said, conventional tires designed for ICE vehicles can be used on EVs, but they’re likely to wear prematurely due to the added weight and may fall short of the performance that drivers are looking for. For all-season performance for electric vehicles, the Pirelli P Zero All Season Plus 3 Elect tire is designed as a top contender in its category.

Designed from the ground up for the specific requirements of EVs and their drivers, this tire delivers a flawless blend of durability, efficiency, and year-round versatility. In this Pirelli P Zero All Season Plus 3 review, we'll take a look at its key features, performance specs, and overall value, giving you the information you need to see if it's the right choice for your vehicle. Whether you're facing summer heat or winter chill, discover how this Ultra-high performance (UHP) all-season tire tire can enhance your EV’s performance and driving experience:

Features and Benefits

As a UHP all-season tire for EVs, hybrids, and plug-in hybrids, the Pirelli P Zero All Season Plus 3 Elect’s innovations and design features that make it an outstanding performer with great value are listed below:

• Next-generation tread compound is engineered for great wear properties, low rolling resistance, and enhanced grip and braking in wet weather
• Proven asymmetric all-season tread with larger tread elements toward the outboard side for improved wet-weather grip and finer tread blocks toward the inboard for dry road performance
• Robust tread blocks stabilize the tire’s footprint under intense cornering momentum
• Reinforced construction handles the extra weight of an EV while keeping the tire rigid for good cornering ability and minimal tread squirm and deformation
• Includes Pirelli Noise Canceling System, a layer of foam in the tire’s subtread plies to absorb noise, vibration, and harshness from the road
• Twin steel belts and 2-ply polyester casing with two polyamide reinforcement plies
• A system of circumferential, lateral, and angled grooves evacuates water from the tire’s contact patch to resist hydroplaning on wet roads
• Pirelli’s innovative 3D sipes at the shoulder interlock boost the tire’s stability and multiply traction with hundreds of extra biting edges that carve through snow, slush, and standing water
• Pirelli backs the P Zero All Season Plus 3 Elect with a 50,000 mile limited manufacturer’s tread life warranty

Pros and Cons

The Pirelli P Zero All Season Plus 3 Elect is a tire where the pros far outweigh the cons, as seen below:

PROS:

• Outstanding handling and road manners
• Amazingly quiet and serene ride
• Dependable grip on dry or wet pavement
• Handling is confident and precise

CONS:

• High price
• Not good in heavier snow

SimpleTire’s view on Pirelli P Zero All Season Plus 3 Elect tires

Are you acquainted with SimpleTire’s SimpleScore system? SimpleScore is a ratings method that the SimpleTire team developed to give you a quick, handy, at-a-glance idea of any tire’s strengths and weaknesses. We look at the tire’s specs, the manufacturer's information, customer reviews, and other data points, then process all that information into a 1-10 numerical value for the categories of traction, handling, and longevity, as well as an overall average SimpleScore. For the Pirelli P Zero All Season Plus 3 Elect, the SimpleScore numbers shake out like this:

Pirelli P Zero All Season Plus 3 Elect

• Traction: 9.5
• Handling: 9.7
• Longevity: 8.6
• Overall average SimpleScore: 9.3

Whether you’re talking about nonstick cookware, tennis rackets, or tires, any product that consistently gets scores in the 9s on a 1-10 scale has a lot going for it. Pirelli started with the proven technology of the P Zero All Season Plus 3 and adapted it for the unique needs of EVs. That means that the Elect iteration of this tire delivers the same kind of wet-weather performance and confident dry-weather grip as its counterpart, with the same kind of crisp handling and impeccable road manners, but with the extra-robust construction necessary for EVs.

On the highway, the Pirelli P Zero All Season Plus 3 Elect is astonishingly quiet, as quiet as a small-town Sunday morning, with ride quality that’s refined and forgiving (if a little firm at times). Pirelli’s noise/vibration/harshness team did their homework on this tire, and the Noise Canceling System does an amazingly thorough job of neutralizing the frequencies and resonances that cause tire drone. On twisty roads or freeway onramps, the P Zero All Season Plus 3 Elect can be tossed hard into corners and pushed to the absolute limit of your car’s handling ability without losing its composure, which is no small brag when you consider the huge amount of power that some EVs have on demand. Pirelli’s extensive decades in the motorsports world influence and inform their all-season and performance tires, and this tire is no exception.

The complex network of sipes and circumferential, angled, and lateral grooves of the P Zero All Season Plus 3 Elect delivers great traction on wet pavement or in light snow, though without the 3 Peak Mountain Snowflake certification for severe winter service, this tire shouldn’t be expected to do a great job in deeper snow or heavier winter conditions. The 50,000 mile limited manufacturer’s tread life warranty is another strong selling point of this UHP all-season tire, and its reduced rolling resistance should make it a great fit for EV drivers who want to get the most range from a full charge.

Vehicles the Pirelli P Zero All Season Plus 3 Elect is a good replacement tire for

Here’s a partial list of some of the vehicles that could be a great fit for the Pirelli P Zero All Season Plus 3 Elect:

• Hyundai iONIQ 6
• Polestar 2
• Toyota Mirai
• Ford Mustang Mach-E
• Nissan Leaf
• BMW iX
• Cadillac Lyriq
• Fiat 500e
• Fisker Ocean
• Genesis Electrified G80
• Hyundai Kona Electric
• Jaguar i-Pace
• Kia EV6
• Nissan Ariya
• Audi e-Tron GT
• Porsche Taycan
• Tesla Model 2