I expected so too, but the rear tires on my Model 3 AWD wore considerably faster than the fronts. The commonly expressed explanation was that only the rear motor was used for regenerative braking. I just rotated tires when the front vs rear tread depths differed by 1mm.
I don't know what other EVs do for front/rear torque splitting in normal driving, or front/rear regenerative braking split. It's entirely up to the car's engineers, not limited by the 50/50 center differential of a gas car.
Of course they will. Rotation makes no difference to DT because the replacement certificate is only for highway damage, not thread wear or uneven wear. Rotation has no impact on failure, unless you wear them down to the cords. Note the certificate expires most likely at 2/32s.
I am pretty you should never ever rotate radials from side to side. Continental prohibited it decades ago. When you switch a tire to the other side of the car, you change the direction of rotation, which leads to ply separation. Virtually every high speed performance tire is constructed for and stamped with a certain rotation direction. Based on how the plies are laid down. Which means no rotation on our 21" staggered wheels.
15K miles on 19" Pirellis after 1 year. 6/32 in front, 7-8/32 in rear. Outside tread 1/32 lower than inner treads, front and rear. Wipers smearing and no annual check yet. Contacted service center.
Interesting.. perhaps it is because the Plaids trimotor setup puts more stress on the tires?
Only rotate front->back and back->front with a square set-up (where front & back tire/wheel assemblies are the same) and never rotate with a staggered set up. I believe this aligns with the owners manual as well. Even tire wear is not guaranteed even on AWD cars since the alignment specs are different between the front and the back of the car.
