Can an electric vehicle drive underwater?

877 viewsOtherTechnology



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.

In: Technology

31 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

It can be designed in such a way to be very resistant to water, mud, etc. but that is usually a significant investment that will not pay off in real life scenarios. Most combustion engines fail not due to being choked but due to water getting in places it’s not supposed to and the same applies for EVs.

EVs do not need to breathe air and it does make it seem like that matters a lot, but that is actually a minor nuisance that is easily solved by using a snorkel on off road vehicles.

You are viewing 1 out of 31 answers, click here to view all answers.