One riveting tech story of the latest Hurricane Ian is Jeremy Judkins’s escape from the waters in “boat mode,” as reported by CleanTechnica.

First, what’s the Tesla “boat mode”? The means for tesla automobiles to drift and be comparatively waterproof will not be an official function (don’t strive it!), however one thing that has been seen and not too long ago touted by Elon Musk for the Tesla CyberTruck, for instance.

“Cybertruck will be waterproof enough to serve briefly as a boat, so it can cross rivers, lakes & even seas that aren’t too choppy” (via Twitter)

In 2020, Elon Musk additionally relayed details about a Model S, which floated sufficient to show right into a steerable, transferring boat for “a short period of time.” It’s unclear if the wheels touched the bottom – this is a vital element we don’t know.

We *def* do not really helpful this, however Model S floats nicely sufficient to show it into a ship for brief durations of time. Thrust through wheel rotation.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 19, 2016

In 2021, Teslarati reported one other occasion of a consumer driving via a “flooded highway” in China. All these situations led individuals to make use of that “Tesla boat mode.”

Returning to the latest hurricane Ian, Twitter consumer Jeremy Judkins realized that his dwelling was not protected from flooding regardless of being 35 toes above sea stage.

The route he took was flooded, however his Tesla Model X might transfer round in “boat mode,” like in earlier situations we described. In the video, it appears to be like just like the wheels are nonetheless in touch with the street.

Tesla Full Self Boating Mode. pic.twitter.com/VHYpb85M2L

— Jeremy Judkins (@jeremyjudkins_) September 30, 2022

On the one hand, we might by no means advocate anybody to do this (neither is Tesla). On the opposite hand, it’s fairly superb the Tesla automobiles in these varied movies might pull this off.

Not having a gasoline engine and apparently having a “waterproof enough” development made it attainable in these particular situations.

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In the tip, CleanTechnica says that Jenery Judkins’s home had minor harm, in all probability as a consequence of its elevated location. It’s unbelievable what know-how and engineering can do – particularly because the automobiles weren’t designed with that particular use case.

You might think about every kind of eventualities the place it might be a horrible concept to dunk a large battery into water. However, nothing like that occurred. Phew!

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