[Skybird]

I am not asking about the car being ruined but the danger of electric power freed into the surrounding water - harming, maybe killing people swimming nearby. Electric eel effect.

Also chemical intoxication of the environment due to agents freed from the battery.

In e-car racing leagues, I read and saw that after an accident or when a car came to standstill, drivers are instructed to either sit still until the outside crew has made sure there is no electric currents on the chassis, or to not touch and step upon certain parts of the chassis in case it may be under electric power.

We all may recall household items, lamps and such, where we felt a certain low dose of electricty when we touched them, may it be a button, or a lamp pole, or a front plate. Should not be so - but happens.


Batteries in e-cars are located at the bototnm of the car, so they are the seocnd thing coming into contact if water is rising outside (after the wheels). And an accident may have cracked any isolation capsule. Bad manufacturing or a defective material/component also may open water a way to the battery. A tiny crack is enough. A gas tank leaking is not dangeorus as long as you do not ignite a spark in its vicinity. How is it about water and electric batteries in cars?