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Elon Musk isn’t just building cars — he seems to be in the submarine business too … that’s what this video of a Tesla driving through several feet of water indicates, anyway.
A new video shows the inside of one of Elon’s EVs while it drives through the rain as Dubai experiences torrential flooding … and, the water climbs higher and higher from the outside. At one point … the deluge covers the whole windshield, cutting off nearly all visibility.
Ultimately, they’re able to get to the other side successfully … and video of what appears to be the same car cutting through the water is also online, only seen from a bird’s eye view.
It’s pretty impressive — cutting seamlessly through the water and taking no time to head on its merry way … this while other vehicles are stuck/stalled on the road. Lots of people online are pretty impressed by this … likening the car to a dang submersible of some sort.
Teslas aren’t even the strangest mode of transportation people are using in the United Arab Emirates right now … a few dudes were spotted traversing the treacherous water on a raft, while one man flew by on a jet ski.
It all stems from intense rainfall in the region … as we reported, Dubai’s been hit by five inches of rain in recent days — reportedly more than twice the average rainfall for the city.
It got so bad the Dubai International Airport — the world’s second busiest — completely flooded and even jumbo jets had trouble taking off. More than 40 flights ended up getting canceled Tuesday.
The region’s just not built for this level of rainfall … and tragedies — including one where 10 schoolchildren and one adult in neighboring Oman died — have occurred.
Seems like Tesla are navigating fine for now … although, ya gotta wonder how much more water they can handle. These things are electric after all, and those 2 things don’t go well together!
