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Tesla Model S Floats Well Enough To Act As a Boat, According To Elon Musk
It appears a Tesla Model S car can float and effectively drive on water. Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted a video of a Model S car which was able to float well through a flooded tunnel in Kazakhstan. Musk also noted that the company "definitely" doesn't recommend trying this -- but still vouched for the availability of this feature. The Guardian reports: 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. 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.
Teslas have been floating on government subsidies for years.
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
He's also talking about that one incident where a Tesla ran over a chunk of metal on the highway, resulting in a horrible fire that was isolated to the engine compartment, and required that the driver pull over and shut the car down. (Rather than the much safer standard vehicle alternative of exploding, crashing, and suddenly ceasing to have a working engine while driving at high speeds on a crowded highway). Tesla's total dismissal of the incident is just typical of their head-in-the-sand tactics to ignoring real problems.
Wake up sheeple!
Hey, whatever floats his car. ;)
Ezekiel 23:20
Oh good lord, don't give them ideas. Now my model 3 is going to be delayed while they work out the kinks in the flight systems and autopilot.
I blame you.
Its a description courtesy of The Guardian, a UK news firm. In the UK everything works backward; cars drive on the left, exhausts provide air for the engine, and healthcare is free
In other news, Mr. Musk announced a new line of sneakers that allows wearer to walk on water...
ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI!?
have big exhaust scoops
Don't you mean "intake snorkel?"
Whatever floats your Tesla.
...do we then call it an Edison?
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
Or: "I'd like to agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong."