Every now and then our own Ian Pavelko sets out on an adventure with his Tesla Model 3 Performance aka MAGNETO (says the same on its license plate) — in the winter season he set out on a Model 3 snow rally journey in the Canadian wilderness, now he along with Trevor Page of the Tesla Owners Online has pushed the car’s limits by achieving the top-speed of 260 km/h (~162 mph) on the race track.

The interesting thing is the car was at 52% state of charge (SoC) at the start and upon reaching 260 km/h the SoC dropped to 42%, this is impressive as normally guys hitting a race track with an electric car almost always try to top up the battery to the max.

According to Ian if he did not have to pull back a little for a corner, the car would’ve achieved the perfect 261 km/h top speed, but this was not a plane runway, it was a racing circuit.