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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Your car is almost certainly going to be buoyant. The danger of flooded roads isn’t what is under the water or even it submerging the car. The danger is that it can lift the car up and carry it away with nothing you can do about it (EDIT: or hydroplaning, which doesn’t even require buoyancy).
Electric motors don’t require oxygen and can therefore operate without oxygen. But it is INCREDIBLY dangerous to attempt to drive through a flood and you should never do it.
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