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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The air intake for most gas powered engines is *above* the radiator. So you can get it in pretty deep without drowning the engine (“flooding” in gas engines refers to too much fuel getting into the cylinders, BTW). Some will have a snorkel.
Electric cars typically have the electrical components fully insulated, and so water coming in contact with the insulator isn’t going to have a significant effect. An electric motor only has two components, the rotor (which is the only moving part and has no electrical components, only permanent magnets), and the stator, which has the electrical windings, made of insulated copper wire. Water getting into that is not a significant factor, and the motor will still operate.
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