In case you missed the memo, yesterday was October 21st, 2015, or the date that Doc Brown and Marty McFly travel to in Back to the Future II. Corporations and individuals celebrated America’s love for this cinematic classic with all sorts of nifty gadgets and tributes, from limited edition Pepsi Perfect to self-lacing Nike Mags. There are even a few working Hoverboard prototypes out there.

But perhaps the coolest tribute of them all comes not from a company, but rather a university. Stanford University, to be specific, where researchers debuted an electric self-drifting DeLorean affectionately dubbed MARTY, reports Wired.

MARTY, which stands for the Multiple Actuator Research Test bed for Yaw control, is a platform for researching autonomous cars that can do more than just drive at a leisurely pace on the open highway. Deriving their inspiration from rally drivers, the researchers thought a DeLorean would be cool to work on due to the implications with Back to the Future. What they didn’t take into account is what a terrible performance car the John DeLorean’s namesake really was.

That meant a long list of modifications, including a new drive-by-wire steering system, steering motor, and rack, along with a new suspension to improve handling. Once that was done, they chucked the overwhelmed V6 in favor of a power electric drivetrain from Renovo, the niche automaker that wants to build high-powered, all-electric Shelby Daytona Coupes. MARTY doesn’t user lasers or LiDAR like many autonomous cars though, instead relying on simple GPS and positioning sensors to allow itself to operate at its performance limits, sans any human input.

So how soon until an autonomous car wins Formula Drift?