what would happen

[Tonz]

what would happen to an electric car in a flood, would it short out and fry the driver?

say yes oh dear god please say yes.

[aussiblue]

Sorry to disappoint you but see https://www.archyworldys.com/how-can...-what-happens/ etc

Teslas have watertight batteries and can even serve as a kind of boat.Aside from the smooth passage, it's notable that this Tesla appears to be a Model 3 Standard Range due to the vehicle's rear wheels apparently producing most of the car's power. The tram driver seemed to be pushing the Model 3 firmly, although he didn't accelerate too much to not lose control of the car after hitting parts of the road that weren't so flooded.

Possibly the car did not have any breakdown, nor is this type of situation a problem. These machines are exhaustively tested in different situations of this kind. In fact, it was even Elon Musk who mentioned in the past that the Teslas could serve as a kind of boat, since their propulsion units and batteries are sealed.

More recently, Musk noted that the Cybertruck would be a vehicle that would certainly feel right at home on the water. If these recent images of China are any indication, however, it looks like even the Model 3 could cross a flood decently in the same way.

[Tonz]

killjoy

[marty351]

Do other manufacturers have watertight batteries?
Something about "watertight" makes me feel uneasy.

[prktkljokr]

Im not a wiz on this, but from what I have read so far In a Tesla each individual 18650 battery is wired into a pack, each pack has a protection circuit that will shut the pack down in the event of a short, overheating, undercharging / overcharging etc, each pack is wired into a stack which also will have a protection circuit that will shut down a pack, in the case of getting wet it will just shut down the batteries from completing a circuit.

https://www.laserax.com/blog/battery...s-battery-pack

Pretty sure the Tesla battery pack has water flowing through it to keep the batteries at their optimal working temp.

[Itsme]

Biggest problem for any vehicle electric or ICE engines will be the wiring looms & electronics as to how water proof they would be, if these get submersed in water I would imagine the vehicle will be written off like any other normal vehicle.
Batteries would not be an issue as I suspect they are fully sealed and the relative circuitry would shut down.

[Rallye Sport]

Not wanting to capitalize on the misery of others but from what I hear theres been a few flood damaged EV's coming up at auction of late with people doing EV conversions buying them up for their batteries.

[GasoLane]

[zilo]

Originally Posted by Tonz

what would happen to an electric car in a flood, would it short out and fry the driver?

say yes oh dear god please say yes.

If you crash it and flood it anything is possible.

[T3rminator]

Driving or sitting still?