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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It’s hypothetically possible to build an electric car that could drive underwater but consumer vehicles are in no way designed to be able to do it. Tesla cyber trucks have failed when driven through streams, which they are advertised as being able to do. Also when that lady drove her Tesla into a lake the doors couldn’t open because the electronics got wet and failed.
Tesla uses drive by wire technology, which is a fancy way of saying there is no mechanical connection between the steering wheel and pedals and the mechanisms they control. That means if any electronic components fail anywhere in the chain then you can’t control them at all. Basically Teslas, which are a huge fraction of EVs, are less safe to drive through water than a gas powered car would be
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