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Ironically, a properly sealed EV system would better deal with a flood. Combustion engines have issues due mostly to the air intake and exhaust.
by _heimdall 5mo ago
Ironically, a properly sealed EV system would better deal with a flood. Combustion engines have issues due mostly to the air intake and exhaust.
- masklinn 5mo agoYou'd need to ensure every electrical connection is in a waterproof location which I'm pretty sure is not a thing for any standard car manufacturing. Cabins are also rarely watertight. AFAIK your best bet is a diesel with a snorkel, and hope things have dried off before you need to restart the engine.
- bushbaba 5mo agoIf cabins are water tight you risk carbon monoxide poisoning
- entropicdrifter 5mo agoCarbon monoxide... in an EV?
- whicks 5mo agoRivan's R1T and R1S have a water fording height of ~43", standard: - https://rivian.com/support/article/what-is-the-water-fording-height https://rivian.com/support/article/what-is-the-water-fording...
- gruez 5mo agoAre EVs typically "sealed" by default? If not, how is going through the effort to "seal" an EV different than installing snorkels for ICE cars?
- whicks 5mo agoSome are more sealed than others, such as Rivian's R1T and R1S which have a water fording height of ~43": https://rivian.com/support/article/what-is-the-water-fording-height https://rivian.com/support/article/what-is-the-water-fording...