Do Stunt Drivers Dream Of Electric Steeds

What happens when a Tesla Model 3 Performance meets an ambivalent motorsport journalist, and a stunt driver with exacting standards

- Vaishali Dinakaran

Type Dual electric motor, 82kWh battery (77kWh usable)

Max power 513PS (as specified)

Max torque NA

Gearbox Single-speed, AWD

Suspension (f/r) Double wishbone/multi-link

Wheelbase 2,875mm

Kerb weight 1,919kg

LxWxH (mm) 4,694x1,850x1,443

Range 567km (WLTP)

OD Rating

+ Power, Track Mode with customisable torque vectoring, software

- Overall build quality, Autopilot promises more than it delivers

It was on a chilly autumn day in November, when the beech and basswood trees had laid out a thick golden carpet of leaves in the yard, that I found myself pulling my sweater close as I peered into the boot of a rental Tesla Model 3. Sprawled within it, his body extending all the way from the rear seats that had been folded flat, to the boot, was my husband Ronny. He had a look of irrepressible glee on his face as he said, “I told you the ‘Camping Mode’ was perfect! And if I fit in it comfortably, you’ll fit in it.”