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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Theoretically, yes, if all the appropriate water seals and such were installed and maintained correctly (This is extremely unlikely) WW2 Submarines (and even most modern ones) are Deisel-Electric for this reason, electric power does not require oxygen and can function underwater. However, your tires would quickly loose nearly all friction with the road, and depending on the vehicle and water you may even float off the bottom.
TLDR theoretically possible, but not designed for, and the electronics would fail, but even if they didn’t you would still probably get stuck. Maybe a propeller on the back?
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