
This new tyre is the Pirelli P Zero E – an electric vehicle-only set of rubber specifically designed with “55% bio-based and recycled materials”. With a host of other improvements as well, I went to Spain to see what the tyre had to offer.
The first drive on this tyre, from Barcelona airport to Sitges in an Audi Q8 e-tron, was surprisingly quiet. Of course engine noise is non-existent with an electric car, leaving just the sound of the tyres. Or so you’d think.