---
title: "Do Not Attempt To Imitate This Video of a Tesla Forging Floodwaters"
description: "In a video shared by the Twitter account Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley, a Tesla can be seen wading through several feet of flood waters."
date: "2021-08-18"
modified: "2021-08-18"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/video-tesla-forging-floodwaters"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Tesla"
tags:
  - "flooding"
  - "tesla"
  - "the digest"
---

# Do Not Attempt To Imitate This Video of a Tesla Forging Floodwaters

![In a video shared by the Twitter account Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley, a Tesla can be seen wading through several feet of flood waters.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/video-tesla-forging-floodwaters.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Futurism\</em\>*

## Swimming Tesla

Yet another Tesla driver has attempted to take their vehicle for a swim.

In a video shared by the Twitter account Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley, a Tesla can be seen wading through several feet of flood waters.

https://twitter.com/teslaownersSV/status/1428015781552422921

The Tesla easily shrugged off the fact it was submerged up to the windshield in a murky puddle.

In fact, as one recently surfaced video proves, the vehicle's motors can effectively turn it into a [motor boat on four wheels](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/video-tesla-driving-flood-waters>).

## Tesla Boat

But this is also the point where we tell you not to try this for yourselves. Not only is Tesla going to respect your warranty or insurance claims, its reps will likely laugh you out of the room.

Even Tesla CEO Elon Musk has more or less confirmed the sea worthiness of the brand's vehicles.

"We \*def\* don’t recommended this, but Model S floats well enough to turn it into a boat for short periods of time," he [tweeted](<https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/744551674082136066?lang=en>) back in 2016. "Thrust via wheel rotation."

As for being fully submerged in water, it's unclear if a Tesla will be allow you to effectively swim with the fishes.

But the mere fact that it's capable of wading through several feet of water is a bit of an engineering feat in itself.

Powerful motors that can't be drowned — unlike the average combustion engine — make it the vehicle of choice during the next flood. But the stunt is certainly not worth losing the car over, as fun as it may look.

**More on Teslas in floods:** *[Video Shows Tesla Driving Through Deep Flood Waters](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/video-tesla-driving-flood-waters>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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