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Towing the car in a tank seems a sensible solution, but I'm wondering if it wouldn't be simpler to tow the tank near the vehicle, lift it and dunk it there?

• ineedasername 5y ago
  It could be hard to get a car up into the tank... connecting a winch might not be possible due to the heat, but I wonder how they get around that to tow it? Also, needing to plan for larger vehicles like a pickup truck would mean > 4,000 lbs of water to submerge one, base an approximate dimensions of such trucks & the corresponding volume of water. Than again with batteries generally in the bottom of the car, maybe you'd only need to submerge a few feet? I can definitely see the need for new emergency response equipment in the EV future.
  • steelframe 5y ago
    > It could be hard to get a car up into the tank... connecting a winch might not be possible due to the heat, but I wonder how they get around that to tow it? Seems like something similar in design to this would do the trick, maybe with sufficiently thick steel plating on the side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaYN6yC4bnI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaYN6yC4bnI