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ICE cars die almost instantly with water intake. A Tesla will float for a while. It takes a long time under water, deep under water to damage a Tesla. Someone in the Y just went thru flooding in CA. The Interior was bone dry still.Hi fellow Tesla owners. With all the flooding in California, I'm curious to know how well EV's fare during flooding, in comparison to ICE cars. Do you have any experiences to share?
Thank you israndy. This is very helpful.Certainly a LOT of Teslas have been damaged in the past, hurricane Sandy trashed a bunch of them in NY. Then there was that ship full of Porsche EVs that flooded and caught fire, an odd side effect of flooding an EV, that I think eventually sank the ship. YouTuber Rich Rebuilds started his career with a flooded and a rolled Model S and made one working car out of them. Salt water is the worst!
Modern Teslas have been pretty good about fording water, but they have the issue that the air vents that release HVAC air pressure are in the sub-trunk area and if the water level outside is higher than the lower trunk the water can flood the inside and if it gets in the top of the penthouse in a 3/Y it'll trash the electronics that are only watertight from the underside. Also under the dash are a bunch of PCBs that are not ready for water ingress. Not sure about the car's computer but if the water gets up there it's gonna be expensive even if the computer is watertight.