If the quality of the insulation is good and the motor is not vented and the bearings are well sealed the electric car's electrical components can survive immersion however, an ICE car's axles and transmission are usually damaged by driving thru water only a foot deep, and the EV has the same problems where water displaces the oil or grease in the bearings and they fail a short time after the water immersion.
*Dennis Lee Miles * *Director **E.V.T.I. Inc.* *E-Mail:* *evprofes...@evprofessor.com* <evprofes...@evprofessor.com> *Phone #* *(863) 944-9913* Dade City, Florida 33523 USA On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Geoff Pullinger via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > I just saw a picture online of what I thought was a Nissan Leaf driving > through a flood. It made me think that electric cars could be (or are now) > much more water resistant than ICE cars. Especially cars with AC or > brushless motors. Is that possible? > > -- > Geoff Pullinger > > http://www.evalbum.com/2445 > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/ > attachments/20140626/0558ff7f/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/ > group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140626/428e6e8b/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
