We are all clear that when massive floods occur and the roads are completely flooded,
driving a car is practically impossible
because as soon as the waters are higher than the wheels, the combustion engines usually stop working, unless we install a snorkel with which the engine can continue to receive air.
Another Tesla seen from inside wading on a flooded highway in China.
Not recommended but works.
@elonmusk pic.twitter.com/EGnIrQKynK
- Ray4Tesla⚡️🚘☀️🔋 (@ ray4tesla) July 25, 2021
And in recent days there have been some areas of the planet that have been particularly harassed by torrential rains.
It is the case of China that, although every year usually suffers episodes of this type, this year seems to have been different because they
have served to discover a new type of urban boats,
which do not need to be transformed because they are present in our streets with a curious shape similar to a Tesla Model 3.
Accelerate and open the waters
As we say, those torrential rains have served to see images on social networks of owners of Tesla Model 3 who
behaved in the water as if they had amphibious functions.
You know, the possibility of getting sick and kicking in the middle of a stream and continuing with the march where other models fail and are stranded waiting for help.
当 特斯拉 摁 下 了 航海 模式 ，
立即 刹车 失灵 穿越 洪泛 区。
全国 骂声 叫 不住 ，
四轮 已过 浊浪 波！ pic.twitter.com/CWcYKYt5rH
- ▹ 藍 ☣ 軍 ◃ (@_LanJun) July 24, 2021
The evidence of this quality, which few expected, has come in the form of videos and that you can see throughout this information where it becomes evident that where other cars stop and are left at the mercy of the current,
the Tesla Model 3 of Tesla goes on and on until he finds a way out.
This is the case, for example, of the test that you have just above where one of Elon Musk's EVs dodges the danger of the flood while holding on to the ground and maneuvering with apparent ease.
You've probably watched this clip from China already but many of you may not know driver & passengers were saved thanks to the wading capability of Model 3, which was coming out of a completely flooded tunnel where there were still some vehicles trapped inside.
pic.twitter.com/1xMMIjJ21q
- Ray4Tesla⚡️🚘☀️🔋 (@ ray4tesla) July 23, 2021
The Australian already warned a few months ago that
his cars could behave in this way in circumstances such as those seen in China
recently.
So much so that another of the videos that test this
boat mode
has an extra point of drama since the owner of the Tesla has just managed to escape from a flooded tunnel where, according to witnesses, other cars were trapped and unable to move forward.
The electrical condition of the EV and the absence of a combustion engine that needs air to run are some of the causes of this new mode that, in a disaster like the floods in China, has stood out as a new reason to trust them. .
Do not?
