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Also mud & water. If you drive through deep water with a conventional car, worst thing that can happen is you hydrolock the engine. Don't want to think what hap
by cuu508 9y ago
Also mud & water. If you drive through deep water with a conventional car, worst thing that can happen is you hydrolock the engine. Don't want to think what happens when you try to cross a shallow river in an electric...
- falcolas 9y agoWell, if the voltage is low enough, not much. 24 volts, which IIRC is what the Tesla runs at, won't do too much interesting in anything but really salty water. Any high voltage coils, though, might not fare as well. Worth a try, though. Anyone with a Tesla want to give it a go? I've got a few rivers nearby...
- Yetanfou 9y agoThe battery voltage on a Tesla model S is 375 V [1]. The motor(s) supposedly run at 365 V AC. If you think about it a bit it would be hard to get the stated 300+KW using a 24V motor in a car as it would take conductors which can cope with a current of 12500 A. The P90D has a stated total power of 568KW, giving 23667 A. The thing would glow in the dark... [1] https://forums.tesla.com/forum/forums/technical-battery-discussion https://forums.tesla.com/forum/forums/technical-battery-disc...