Mach-E drowned yesterday in the Châteauguay River

Papapoil · Jul 14, 2023

https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2023/07...tie-de-route-spectaculaire-pendant-la-tempete

Fortunately, according to the article (in French) no one was hurt. But from the pictures It's most likely a total loss.

Rick65 · Jul 15, 2023

and the lights seem to be working even with the battery pack totally submerged

Gimme_my_MME · Jul 15, 2023

Rick65 said:
and the lights seem to be working even with the battery pack totally submerged

Wait, I thought driving through 2" of water would cause your car to instantly fail?

troublebot · Jul 15, 2023

Ay, ya can't park there

bdonpwn · Jul 15, 2023

Ford Mustang Mach-E Mach-E drowned yesterday in the Châteauguay River IMG_8396

If you look closely, he has a snorkel so he’s good to go, just stopping for a water break.

kindofblue · Jul 15, 2023

Gimme_my_MME said:
Wait, I thought driving through 2" of water would cause your car to instantly fail?

That's just a wee bit more than 2" of water in that pic.

itzbilly · Jul 17, 2023

Beard · Jul 17, 2023

He was probably just trying to cool down his charge port enough to use his 40amp EVSE at its full output.

MellowJohnny · Jul 17, 2023

Quick translation - driver lost control on Autoroute 30 during severe weather (Montreal reported a tornado) and slid all the way into the river. The river is not too deep in that section and the driver was treated for shock. No kidding.

Had it been the winter all would have been well ;-)

Jimrpa · Jul 17, 2023

I never knew it got warm enough in Canada for liquid precipitation. ??

Triggerhappy007 · Jul 17, 2023

MellowJohnny said:
the driver was treated for shock.

The downside of driving an EV.

MellowJohnny · Jul 17, 2023

Jimrpa said:
I never knew it got warm enough in Canada for liquid precipitation. ??

Couple of weeks a year ;-)

Kabish · Jul 17, 2023

I mean, everything is relatively water proof.. Ideally so long as you kept the go peddle down it should push through ya??? Saw video with a Tesla driving through water over the hood, went a good ways and just drove right on out.

Motomax · Jul 19, 2023

Kabish said:
I mean, everything is relatively water proof.. Ideally so long as you kept the go peddle down it should push through ya??? Saw video with a Tesla driving through water over the hood, went a good ways and just drove right on out.

Everything on the outside, no so much on the inside. He shouldn’t have opened the doors! Lol

AlpaChino · Jul 19, 2023

Assuming it gets recovered out of the water, all of the most expensive items (HVB, motors) should be unaffected, right?

Mach-E drowned yesterday in the Châteauguay River

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