Telsa Releases Video Of Model 3 Performance Drifting During Skidpad Testing

Tesla has shared a video of the Model 3 Performance during skidpad testing. The short clip, which was uploaded by the Silicon Valley carmaker on Twitter, featured the high-performance variant of the compact electric car burning rubber and drifting around what appears to be a closed area of the company’s test track.

Skidpad tests usually involve accelerating a vehicle until the outermost tires begin slipping. Once this happens, the speed of the vehicle is recorded, and a car’s handling in terms of lateral gs can be derived. Tesla did not mention the skidpad numbers of the Model 3 Performance in its recent post, but vehicles’ figures in the tests are usually correlated with the overall handling of the car. Skid pad tests can be among the most productive evaluations for high-performance vehicles and yield invaluable feedback from experienced test drivers.

MDarringer - 7/6/2018 4:00:58 PM

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IKR!

SanJoseDriver - 7/6/2018 7:38:31 PM

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Done, this should destroy a Civic on any track. Technically it should outperform a Model S P100D on the track because the motors and battery do not overheat. I hope they upgrade the Model S with the same tech at some point instead of just waiting for the Roadster.

mre30 - 7/6/2018 3:56:39 PM

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Must be a short video before "limp home" gets triggered.

MDarringer - 7/6/2018 4:01:11 PM

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*popcorn*

MDarringer - 7/7/2018 10:34:12 AM

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Going limp always curtails the fun.

EVisNow - 7/6/2018 4:17:10 PM

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My RWD Model 3 already met our exceeded my expectations. I've kept it under triple digit, and on country backroad it's already 9/10 my Porsche's capability without the explosive turbos. In 2-3 months, I'll get my Performance Model 3 with the Performance Package and will let you know if our can "bear your Honda" or "limp home" would work. You'll be disappointed.

EVisNow - 7/6/2018 4:29:10 PM

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Damn the auto correct

"... will let you know if it can "beat your Honda", or "limp home" would work. You'll be disappointed."

MDarringer - 7/6/2018 9:48:21 PM

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Yeah, the Porsche Corvair is cowering is fear of the mighty Tesla Model 3.

EVisNow - 7/6/2018 11:44:02 PM

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Enough to be serious with their EV effort.

By no mean that I would consider the regular Model 3 a Porsche competitor, but its performance is the yardstick I use to estimate the Performance version. I'm sure it will deserve its own merit.

Porsche already lost a few loyal customers, and will lose more to the Model 3 Performance. Mine comes loaded with the extra Performance Package, no Autopilot nor FSD, for $70K. It's a bargain compared to the Cayman S.

mre30 - 7/7/2018 9:53:37 AM

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Wow - your Model 3 must have set a performance record for the tires it is on.

Please walk out to your garage, read the sidewall, and report back the make/model of tires, and the size.

If I recall, all Model 3's are delivered with "Michelin Eco-Pro" tires or an all-season equivalent.

You may have a Model 3 that defies physics.

EVisNow - 7/7/2018 10:42:15 AM

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@mre30: I clearly said I've kept the car under 100mph and drove on country road - well within the rating of the tires. The car is for family use so I don't really care if it lasts at the track.

My Performance Model is to be built in a few months time. It will be a different animal, and so far things look pretty good.

EVisNow - 7/6/2018 4:40:03 PM

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In case the Agents are on vacations without access to TV and the internet, or simply forget, I'd like to remind you of a piece of big news yesterday - Scott Pruitt is out at the EPA. Must be a sad day for many on this site. But no worries, his probable replacement is a coal guy so China and India will have a competitor in which country will have the worst air pollution.

MDarringer - 7/6/2018 9:45:46 PM

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Thank You SanCarlosJoseLassiterDriver

qwertyfla1 - 7/6/2018 9:24:15 PM

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EVisNow

If you are so concerned with the environment you shouldn't be driving Teslas and Porsche Turbos but rather riding your peddle bike with a brown bag, no plastic lunch otherwise your just being a dick like Al Gore or David Suzuki and preaching without practicing the greenie cult mantra...

Turbos are not conductive to good MPG and spent battery waste is an environmental turd burger so don't throw stones in a glass house.

MDarringer - 7/6/2018 9:46:49 PM

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Actually one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gasses are farting cattle.

I say get an Audi and roll coal.

EVisNow - 7/6/2018 11:27:43 PM

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My last ICE car is 9 years old. I already have 2 EVs and the Porsche is now used for driving pleasure on the weekends while the EVs serve the daily commute. The Performance
Model 3 will eventually replace the Porsche. I'm not an environmentalist, just someone concerned enough to do my part to reduce my carbon footprint. I have solar panels so my net energy used from the grid is about zero. I don't have cows, but I do fart sometimes so that may contribute a little to greenhouse gas but I can't help that.

I know it's not utopia we live in, but there is no harm in trying to make things better if you can. I know people are afraid of changes, or are not capable of accepting reality. You do your things, I do mine. I'm sure my children will live in a different world, hopefully for the better.

MDarringer - 7/7/2018 8:45:38 AM

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@EVCarlosIsNow How exactly does an EV reduce carbon footprint. Saying it produces no tailpipe emissions is the not the proof. EVs are far from clean and non-polluting. If anything, they are more detrimental to the environment.

EVisNow - 7/7/2018 10:28:34 AM

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Solar panels generate electricity during the day. I use some of it and send the rest to the power grid. Night time I draw electricity to run the house and charge the cars. My panels have enough capacity to supply electricity for the entire household. Net CO2 generation from my electricity needs is zero.

Even if you don't care about the environment, the economy of it makes solar a no brainer in sunny states like Arizona, California, Nevada, ... I can recoup the cost in about 7 years and have free electricity for its lifetime (40 yr warranty).

Hey MDarringer, enough with altering someone's name/handle. How old are you ?

MDarringer - 7/7/2018 10:52:16 AM

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@EVSanCarlos I'm 30

Clearly you're not smart enough to go solar for free installation and free lifetime update. When you buy the panels, you're buying technology that is aging and wearing out. Over time the efficacy of the panels you have purchased dwindles.

I on the other hand have solar panels on my house (4000 sq st), car garage (2000 sq ft), and on the body shops and I did not pay a penny for them. Moreover, if they malfunction they are fixed for free. If better panels come along that produce more electricity per square foot of panel space, i'm upgraded for free.

But even if we buy the total BS that your solar panels are powering everything you own, your previous little EV's batteries are a massive source of environmental pollution.

EVisNow - 7/7/2018 12:01:49 PM

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So you're already using solar, and still want to argue against it ? Lease or Buy is a personal choice, do what fits you.

You now switch your arguement to the making of an EV ? How is an ICE engine block or transmission made ? How about oil fracking and refinery ?

Things don't change overnight. A switch from ICE to EV is the easiest thing one can do to make that happen. One car at a time going EV, the pyramid built by the oil industry will crumble soon.

MDarringer - 7/7/2018 5:03:27 PM

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I'm not arguing against solar. I'm arguing against the idiocy that somehow your EVs are magically clean and good for the environment. They aren't. You attempted to bird walk the issue and I pummeled you. It really is that simple.

I would NEVER commit financial suicide by buying solar panels. The business case for doing so just isn't there.

EVisNow - 7/7/2018 11:00:55 PM

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Two years on my first EV (not a Tesla) I spent 0 dollar on gasoline, 0 dollar on oil change. My year end electric bill is under $200 - for the entire year. So yeah, my CO2 footprint is definitely reduced.

The benefits of EV over ICEV have been discussed to death a thousand times over, no need to repeat here. You are one of those who refuse to accept reality I mentioned earlier.

I understand you're a weird guy here, but "commit financial suicide by buying solar panels" ?? huh ?? At the price of a Camry before tax incentive, it's not exactly a big financial commitment. For a guy bragging about 4000 sq ft home and 2000 sq ft garage, you sound more like a guy living in someone else's pool house.

carloslassiter - 7/8/2018 1:30:46 PM

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IKR