How do you drift an electric car? 

Now, we’ve answered lots of questions about EVs here at Move Electric, such as where to charge them, how to get the best out of their range and whether they present a fire risk. And we’ll be honest, how to get an electric car sideways is far from the more pressing consumer concern to address.

But cars shouldn’t be entirely about practicality: there’s always been an emotional aspect to them – and showing electric cars can be as fun as combustion engined versions can encourage more people to make the switch. That’s our excuse anyway, and we’re sticking to it.

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Plus, we had access to an electric Kia EV6 GT, a petrol-powered Kia Stinger GT, a big empty space and a lot of traffic cones. Sounds like the perfect recipe for an utterly essential and wholly scientific experiment to find out if an electric car can make for the ultimate drift machine.

What do you need to go drifting in an EV?

The most important thing, obviously, is a car. Preferably one with plenty of power that can be sent to the rear wheels. Which the Kia EV6 GT has. The £62,645 machine is powered by two electric motors with a total output of 430kW of power and 546lb ft of torque.

Crucially, while it offers all-wheel-drive as default, the EV6 GT features a torque biasing differential, which means all of that power and torque can be sent to the front or – brilliantly for drifting – rear…