Can an electric vehicle drive underwater?

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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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Once water is high enough, a water tight car is going to float. The wheels will still be able to move, but they’ll have no traction so it’ll go wherever the water takes it. You won’t fare much better than an internal combustion car, though it probably could still drive if you managed to hit shallow water again.

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