Sorry my bad, it actually makes sense re brake pads.
And those bigger cars - thats not majority on Swiss(=european) roads, we have tons of narrow roads, parking spots are short and narrow too. Roads with traffic generally look very different compared to US.
Regarding brakes: that is pretty far from the truth as other sibling commented they use regenerative braking.
Tires - yeah. Well, except minivan or some pickups weights the same as Tesla so it is not like out of ordinary.