Turns out, managing to drive a car under water is easier said than done
Nevertheless there is, first and foremost, the risk of a water leak shorting the electric system. Again, in theory, EVs should be well enough insulated to handle a good amount of water because you don’t want them to short-circuit if they come across a flood – or, in a extreme scenario,Then there’s the driver and the need for air. What this video really struggles with is balancing out the need to introduce as little water as possible to the electronics and the need for the car to actually sink.
Even with nearly 4,000 lbs of added weight, the car floats across the watery ditch rather than sinking into it. The test is a bit of a flop then, with the car refusing to sink, kind of shutting down but not exactly breaking down, and finally driving itself out of the water but not through it. All of which fails to answer the question whether
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