If You Were Wondering If Teslas Can Drift, Here’s Your Answer

Just because the engine is silent doesn't meant the tires are

By The Editors
September 29, 2016 9:00 am EDT

As you’ve probably heard by now, Elon Musk has plans to take us to Mars in the next 50 years.

That’s great, but ambitious. We’d rather focus our attention on what he’s got cooking here on planet Earth.

To that end, we present this video of Tesla Model S P100Ds — all-electric cars that can do 0-60 in just 2.5 seconds and top out north of 155 MPH — drifting, burning out and doing donuts.

Don’t feel guilty for watching it: no emissions were released in the making of this film.

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