POPULAR MECHANICS: Driving the Tesla P85D on Ice and Snow Is As Awesome As You Think. “Because it has an electric motor in the front and the rear, the car can distribute torque as needed in a split-second. Riding through a puddled chicane and some slick turns at a decent clip, the P85D remained balanced and composed. Once, when I goosed it a bit too much (easy to do in this car) and felt a wheel slip on a patch of ice, the car immediately found itself, no steering corrections required. On the last stretch of the course, which was covered in snow, the P85D had zero traction issues, even when I tugged the wheel back and forth.”