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Tesla Model S floats well enough to act as a boat, according to Elon Musk
- dsfyu404ed 10y ago"Most internal combustion engine cars are sunk in water when the exhaust becomes flooded, which is why serious off-roaders have big exhaust scoops leading to the roof." I don't even....
- Angostura 10y agoYou don't even what?
- MattBearman 10y agoIt's the air intake, rather than the exhaust, that suffers underwater. The scoops you seen on proper off-road cars are actually for the air intake, hence them being called 'snorkels'.
- josefresco 10y agoFrom Reddit: "Internal Combustion cars don't stall because their exhaust floods. They stall because they suck up water into their intake. There is no such thing as an "exhaust scoop""
- Vexs 10y agoYeah, that's poor writing- if you just swap exhaust for intake though, it becomes accurate.
- dogma1138 10y ago4v4's that do serious water duty have exhaust snorkels also e.g. http://imgur.com/SWSbe28 http://imgur.com/SWSbe28 The air intake snorkel on many 4v4's a lot of time is really there just for cosmetics (as the air intake system is fairly capable on it's own) or often has a compressor in it to cool the intake air to allow the engine to work in more extreme thermal conditions.
- tomglynch 10y agoPeople are always trying to pick apart things that a wrong with Tesla's. Like the fact a tesla crashing makes the news. It's just a car, like all the others, but a bit more advanced.
- brudgers 10y agoRelated VW Beetle floating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qB0lb401ZU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qB0lb401ZU