> I honestly don't know, but at some water depth you have to start worrying more about water intrusion inside of the vehicle. 42" is high enough that the batter

> I honestly don't know, but at some water depth you have to start worrying more about water intrusion inside of the vehicle. 42" is high enough that the battery pack on the Rivian would have to be wet, if not entirely submerged. Fair, but it's also the control electronics, etc. Of course, without testing it's hard to know. > On a gas/diesel vehicle, if you're using a snorkel, we're talking about depths where the 12v battery is fully submerged, and apparently it doesn't short out, which is, again presumably, the same situation here. I believe the water either has to have a high salt content or be jumping over a short distance. Car batteries rarely short from water and there are of course modification to relocate them. > I just don't get the knee-jerk assumption that somehow it's EV-ness will make it most likely worse than a gas/diesel truck, when the very thing you're doubting is (apparently) a marketing bragpoint for Rivian. It was mostly that this article was suggesting "this truck will go anywhere", whilst really only lightly testing it. I really don't doubt EV's will (or have) surpassed gas guzzling vehicles, I just want to see a proper off-road test.