Can an electric vehicle drive underwater?

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A gas powered engine, obviously floods when drove in a flooded street or water. But is an electric car or even a bike be able to safely drive without malfunctioning or breaking down?
I can’t find any posts related to this, mainly I know that it is unsafe and mostly stupid to drive any thing in a flooded street as you can’t judge what’s in there. “The danger is not your car stopping, its what the water is hiding.” But hypothetically speaking, if it was a live or die situation, can you drive an ev with water high up the car.
I assume so but I might be wrong as I feel there is nothing which can break, and all the wires and connections must be waterproof.

edit: got it, thanks everyone for the replies.

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Anonymous 0 Comments

There are a lot of confidently incorrect people here.

An electric vehicle has not only driven through water, but driven completely submerged for 7km.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-30/nt-world-record-darwin-underwater-drive/102665924

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