This article addresses common concerns about driving electric vehicles through flood water. It explains why EVs are actually better suited to handle flooding than gasoline or diesel cars due to their lack of air intake vulnerabilities. The article also provides general safety advice for driving through flood water and cautions against using extension cords for charging in wet conditions.
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Consider the Rufford Ford in Nottinghamshire, England. Although now closed, this stretch of road which crossed a shallow river became an internet sensation, as hordes of cameraphone-wielding onlookers would regularly descend on the ford to watch drivers attempt to cross it.
The batteries of an EV, along with the high-voltage wires and electric motors, are all thoroughly sealed against water, so unless there’s damage to those seals there’s simply no issue at all about driving an EV through a flood, as long as you’re being careful and adhering to the normal flood-driving advice.
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