% At the end of the Autocar video, their spokespersons sez what they learned is to drift a Leaf EV, you need plastic rear tires, and do not crash %
http://insideevs.com/nissan-leaf-will-drift/ Nissan LEAF – Will It Drift? (video) [20160512] Jay Cole ht2 offib [video https://youtu.be/qgFhranHs3E Will it Drift: Nissan Leaf - Can emission zero be a sideways hero? Autocar May 13, 2016 image http://insideevs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/nissan-leaf-drifting-viaautocar.jpg Nissan LEAF...Drifting? ] Ok, it is finally Friday, and it has been another long week of serious plug-in vehicle news: …from a Tesla Model S summon controversy to Nissan taking control of Mitsubishi (and its PHEV program), or Nissan releasing its own Energy Storage Solution using old LEAF batteries, to the VW Group putting out another EV concept (at least we assumed that happened – doesn’t it every week?). Nissan LEAF…Drifting? So we figured it was time to take a step back, and watch something to take the edge off…like Autocar attempting to drift a Nissan LEAF. Why not? Says Autocar of the experiment: “The Nissan Leaf is not rear-wheel drive. It does not have a massively powerful turbocharged engine. It does not have a hydraulic handbrake and nor is it inclined to smoke up its tyres at every available opportunity. It is, in fact, Nissan’s family-friendly, front-wheel drive, flagship electric car. As far as you could get from being a natural drift machine. So what the heck is it doing lining up alongside British Drift Championship competitors? Well, with a little help in the rear tyre department, we’ll try to answer the question: will it drift?” Enjoy! Or don’t. There is more serious EV business coming up shortly we imagine. [© 2016 Inside EVs] ... http://www.carscoops.com/2016/05/plastic-tires-is-all-it-takes-to-drift.html Plastic Tires Is All It Takes To Drift The Nissan Leaf Along with the bigger battery pack, there's also … May 14, 2016 ... Strapping a pair of plastic tires is the solution for some silent oversteer action ... https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S8OM1G5-CMg/VzZUns1KgSI/AAAAAAAAh6o/yXHBk1pfBTQoTBZcEcvG3nUP_bXcE1wcACLcB/s1600/LeafDrift.jpg ... [dated https://youtu.be/3v-bRb93Ops (Japanese>translate.google>English) NISSAN LEAF NISMO RC demonstration run drift Hen Part 2 sinnkazama7775 May 25, 2013 It was conducted in Yokohama Central Town Festival "Y154" NISSAN LEAF NISMO RC demonstration run ] For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Leaf-Drifting-a-sideways-family-EV-hero-v-tp4682068.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
