Video shows Tesla Model S floating through water (video) June 20, 2016 - 14:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A Tesla Model S can float and effectively drive on water, if you find yourself flooded, The Guardian reports. “We definitely don't recommended this, but Model S floats well enough to turn it into a boat for short periods of time. Thrust via wheel rotation,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said. Musk’s tweet about the car floating well was prompted by the release of a video showing a man driving his Model S, seemingly unscathed, through a flooded tunnel in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The car quite literally floats while its gas-powered brethren become stranded and sink. The car appears to power through the water using the thrust of the wheels turning in the water, as the bow wave laps over the car’s bonnet. The idea of a Tesla working on water may not be new to Musk. One of Tesla’s Easter Eggs for the Model S is the ability to swap the image of the car for James Bond’s submersible Lotus Esprit, called Wet Nellie, when in the suspension settings menu. That’s where the fun stops, though, it isn’t a license to drive headlong off a pier into the sea. Most internal combustion engine cars are sunk in water when the exhaust becomes flooded, which is why serious off-roaders have big exhaust scoops leading to the roof. Electric cars don’t suffer from that particular issue, but how the rest of the car will react is unknown. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |