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.
replyDepends on the EV. Some of them have liquid cooling for their battery pack.
replyWhat happens when you you start floating?
replyI guess water propulsion... and a rudder?
You need to get an armored jeep then
replyA 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.
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reply> Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.
replyYeah was a joke as I think most cars if you drive through that your car is f'd
replyIronically, a properly sealed EV system would better deal with a flood. Combustion engines have issues due mostly to the air intake and exhaust.
replyYou'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.
replyAFAIK your best bet is a diesel with a snorkel, and hope things have dried off before you need to restart the engine.
Rivan's R1T and R1S have a water fording height of ~43", standard:
- https://rivian.com/support/article/what-is-the-water-fording...
replyIf cabins are water tight you risk carbon monoxide poisoning
replyCarbon monoxide... in an EV?
replyAre EVs typically "sealed" by default? If not, how is going through the effort to "seal" an EV different than installing snorkels for ICE cars?
replySome are more sealed than others, such as Rivian's R1T and R1S which have a water fording height of ~43":
https://rivian.com/support/article/what-is-the-water-fording...
replyTheir account is about as old as yours.
replyMore 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.
replyReally? I find more bad faith and snark on HN than anywhere else and always have.
replyPeople are allowed to joke. We don't always need 'substantive comments'
replyIt's not a joke if it doesn't make any sense, what good is a snorkle on an electric car?
replyThat's...the joke. The humor is in the absurdity of recommending an addon to the car that utterly would not work and would look ridiculous. It's layered on the fact that Jeep snorkels look sort of ridiculous even on the vehicles they were designed for.
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