A decent welder should be able to turn out a trailer hitch <=> outboard motor bracket in under 15 minutes. It's not like you'll need much more than a modest fishing outboard to get through flooded spots.
jeep snorkels are for air intakes for engines. electric cars don't have air intakes. they have air cooling for batteries... I suppose you could snorkel those.
You'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.
What happens when you you start floating?
I guess water propulsion... and a rudder?
You need to get an armored jeep then
A decent welder should be able to turn out a trailer hitch <=> outboard motor bracket in under 15 minutes. It's not like you'll need much more than a modest fishing outboard to get through flooded spots.
See also: Duck boat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DUKW
jeep snorkels are for air intakes for engines. electric cars don't have air intakes. they have air cooling for batteries... I suppose you could snorkel those.
Depends on the EV. Some of them have liquid cooling for their battery pack.
All major production EVs do. About the only exception I'm aware of is the first generation Nissan Leaf. I don't know if they've since changed.
Toyota uses air cooling (from the cabin) for their hybrid batteries, as do others.
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> Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Yeah was a joke as I think most cars if you drive through that your car is f'd
Ironically, a properly sealed EV system would better deal with a flood. Combustion engines have issues due mostly to the air intake and exhaust.
You'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.
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Are EVs typically "sealed" by default? If not, how is going through the effort to "seal" an EV different than installing snorkels for ICE cars?
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Their account is about as old as yours.
More a comment on how HN has devolved in the past 2 years, if I want snark, this isn't the place I go to find it.
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People are allowed to joke. We don't always need 'substantive comments'
It's not a joke if it doesn't make any sense, what good is a snorkle on an electric car?
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