Eight Minutes of Tesla Model S Cars Drifting Is a True EV Redemption

In reality, two more factors play just as big a role, if not even more vital. First of them is the price. Up until now - and, sorry Tesla, but we're talking about the Chevrolet Bolt here, since the Model 3 is still in the pre-production phase - owning an electric car meant that you either had to spend a lot of money on a Tesla, or spend more money than you should on a mediocre EV (yes, BMW i3, we're looking at you!).

The second one, and this is potentially the heaviest of them all, is that the large majority of the public still thinks electric cars are boring. Yes, you spend a lot of time on the Internet and have seen plenty of videos with what an all-wheel-drive electric vehicle can do, but not everybody has the time for that. Most of them are still stuck in 2010 and, anyway, until they offer an electric pickup truck, they couldn't care less.

Tesla has openly declared that the purpose of its first model, the Lotus Elise-based Roadster, was to change that perception. And it did. But thankfully, Tesla didn't stop there and its second offering, the Model S, was even better in almost every respect. It was a blisteringly quick car, with the kind of off the line acceleration that left Nissan GT-R drivers scratching their heads.

But even though ruling the quarter-mile drag races did wonders for Model S' credentials, that's not what we want to talk to you about here. No, forget about the grip monsters that are the dual-motor versions, and focus on the more basic rear-wheel-drive ones. And what are RWD cars most famous for? Yes, losing grip in a snowy bend, but other than that?

That's right, killing tires. Depending on the type of road available, that means either drifting (to which we're no strangers) or, when there isn't enough room for that, doing burnouts. Who said electric cars don't release smoke? Just have a look at the video below and remember this link for the next time somebody tells you "Yeah, but electric cars are boring."