A handful of movies have surfaced out of China exhibiting Teslas being pushed throughout flooded sections of roads following heavy rainfall throughout components of the nation.

In certainly one of these movies, filmed from the within of a Tesla Model 3, the motive force might be seen wading by deep water and not using a care on this planet. The water is so deep that it may be seen splashing up the windshield of the EV. One other video exhibits a white Mannequin 3 driving by a flooded part of street beneath a bridge whereas a 3rd video exhibits one other white Mannequin 3 cruising by a flooded space.

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Tesla chief govt Elon Musk has previously spruiked the Mannequin S’s means to drift for brief durations of time and it seems as if the Mannequin 3 is equally as effectively outfitted to take care of deep water. Tesla’s Shanghai manufacturing unit even features a testing space the place Mannequin 3s are pushed by water.

As you’ll anticipate, droves of loyal Tesla followers have relentlessly shared these movies throughout social media, seemingly in an effort to advertise the supposed ‘superiority of the model’s fashions. As spectacular because it is perhaps to see a Tesla drive by a flood, that doesn’t change the easy incontrovertible fact that doing so is completely silly.

Driving by flash floods is dumb for a variety of causes, specifically resulting from the truth that water ranges can rise dramatically and this usually catches out motorists and will declare lives. As well as, it’s close to not possible to find out the depth of water as you method a flooded part of street and whereas a Model 3 could possibly take care of water roughly 1.5 toes deep, drivers might simply get trapped if the water was any deeper.

Certain, movies like these could look cool, however they may additionally encourage others to try to replicate the identical stunts, doubtlessly placing their lives at risk.