You’ve seen how tail-happy a Tesla Model S can be with the systems turned off and a keen driver at the wheel.

Its instant torque delivery means traction is easily broken and with its low center of gravity and overall balance, it can keep slides, which is what it does in the video posted below from Japan.

The Model S you see in it was used as an opener for a local drift event in Odaiba, where it was driven by former (2001) D1 GP champion, Nobuteru Taniguchi.

He loses it a couple of times and he apparently said afterward that it doesn’t have enough steering angle to catch it out of the bigger angle slides; he also says he was pleasantly surprised about how good it is regardless.

Check out the footage after the virtual jump.

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