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What the...
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Oh, my goodness.
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-[Bisi] Uh, Tory.
-Hey, guys.
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-What are you doing?
-Nothing.
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-[Faye] Actually...
-[Bisi] Oh, my God,
he has an EV.
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Yes, destroy it!
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No, no, no. That has
lithium batteries in it.
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Um, Tory, I don't think
you wanna do...
No, we can't...
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-Are you going to crush it?
-No!
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Watch this.
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[Bisi] Tory, please, no, no.
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-Tory, please, wait!
-[Faye gasps]
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-Don't, don't...
-Yes, yes, yes!
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[narrator] Meet the team.
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We'll be at work
in no time.
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This might be the miracle
coolant that everybody's been
searching for.
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[narrator] With
the mechanical expertise...
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[Faye] My main concern
is structural integrity.
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I think this is going to work.
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[narrator] ...to test
all things automotive.
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That was beautiful.
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[Bisi] The more air
we push through,
the more fuel will siphon out.
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And, boom!
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[narrator] This is
Motor MythBusters...
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This is the weirdest thing
I've ever seen.
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[narrator] ...where science
meets the streets.
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-[Bisi] Don't, don't...
-[Faye] Yes, yes, yes!
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-Crush it! Crush it!
-What is this?
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What the hell is
that pink little car
with a Buster on it?
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This is very confusing, Tory.
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-What is he doing?
-[Faye] He's going
to destroy it.
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-No, don't drive it.
-[Bisi] What are
you doing? Stop.
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[Tory laughing]
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[Faye] What-- What?
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All right, there is some
method to my madness.
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-No.
-Yes, yes.
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[Tory] There is this myth.
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A guy in Texas was driving
an electric car
during a flood.
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The flood sweeped him
down the road,
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but because it was
an electric car,
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he was able
to drive out of the flood.
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Because it was
an electric car?
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-Yeah.
-Yup.
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Oh, was the car partially
in the water,
or completely submerged?
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[Tory] If it's a flood,
the car was probably
completely submerged.
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[Faye] I'm not buying it.
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As a kid, you're taught, like,
"Wash your hair,
get out of the tub,
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dry your hair
outside the tub."
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-You know, if you drop
your hairdryer in, you know--
-Right.
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You could get electrocuted.
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Right, so the driver has
a very good chance
of being electrocuted.
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Yeah.
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So we're going to have
to figure out a way
to do that safely.
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This is purely direct current,
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but that also
has DC batteries,
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but the motor in that is AC,
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-so similar to what you'd
see in your hairdryer.
-Right.
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So, there's a converter
that converts the
DC current to alternating
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for it to be able to move.
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-Mmm-hmm.
-So I don't know
if this is going to work.
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Depends on how
well-sealed that EV is.
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Well, I think
the plan will be,
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we'll dig a giant trench
the size of the electric car.
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-Okay.
-We'll fill it with plastic,
fill it up with water,
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-and then, drive the car in,
and drive it out.
-Oh.
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[Faye] EVs have tons
of electrical connectors,
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and manufactures
will do their best
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to protect these key
components from the elements.
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But with the high-voltage
battery packs housed
in the under carriage,
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that makes them extremely
vulnerable to deep water.
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I mean, after all,
these things are not
meant to be amphibious.
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All right, well, how deep
are we going to have
to make this thing?
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-[Tory] Say, what, 6 feet?
-Six?
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[all] Yeah.
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Oh, my goodness. Okay.
And length?
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Probably, maybe about
10 feet that way
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-and then 10 feet this way.
-Absolutely.
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-I was going to say
a car length. Yeah.
-Make a little ramp.
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-Drive in, submerge,
drive out.
-So this is how long
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it's going to be... Yeah.
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Yeah, let's see
how long it is.
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14.5 feet long,
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and how much wider?
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I mean, we're going to need
some width here.
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I would say, let's probably
give it like a foot
on either side.
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-Oh.
-Wait a second.
Wait a second.
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A foot is not enough
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for one of us
to open up the door
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and save whoever the hell
is stuck in here.
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No one's going to be
inside the car.
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Oh, what are you thinking?
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I'm thinking I'm going
to build some kind of a rig
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where I can drive the vehicle
from the roof.
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If something does go wrong,
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the person inside isn't stuck
and doesn't drown
or get electrocuted.
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Well, let's see how wide
it is from mirror to mirror.
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All right, sounds good.
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I'll go on this side.
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Uh-- we got about 6.5--
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-a little more than
6.5 feet here.
-Okay. Huh.
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So that'll be the end
of our ramp coming out.
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Cool.
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Oh, Bisi, looking good.
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-Faye, getting
a little snaky...
-I'm a little wiggly.
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[chuckles] It's okay.
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[Tory laughing] All right.
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So we have our electric car,
we've just
plotted out our pool.
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Now what we need to do
is actually dig out
the trench,
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cover it with plastic,
put pavers in it,
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fill it with water, and then,
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drive this car, somehow,
safely into the water.
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That's straight.
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Straight-ish.
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[narrator] Yup,
a controlled flash flood
will allow the guys
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to safely submerge the EV
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and then test its ability,
post dunking to drive
right on out of the water.
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[Faye] This sounds
absolutely crazy to me.
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I don't think there's any way
this electric car
is going to drive in,
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and actually
drive out under its own power.
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I've dealt with a lot
of hybrids in my line of work,
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and a little bit of water,
just the slightest
bit of water,
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and these things,
they don't like it all.
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The modules will explode,
everything goes wrong.
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So, I, personally,
am very doubtful.
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But, you know,
I like big tractors,
so I'm just happy to watch.
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Look how serious he is,
look at this.
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I know, I know,
he's all focus.
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-He's all concentration.
-He's all focus.
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-I got something
stuck in my tooth.
-[Bisi laughs]
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Hey, beats digging
ditches, huh?
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[Bisi laughs]
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We're testing the myth,
if you drive an electric car
into the water,
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you can drive it right out,
and nothing
will happen to the car.
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Now, I want to drive this car,
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but there is
a very good chance
that I could get electrocuted.
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So, I had this idea of how
we can drive still,
and do it safely.
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I'm going to extend
the controls by building
a set of mounts
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that will attach directly
to the cars pedals,
and the steering wheel.
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These are my pedals
for the gas...
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and the brake.
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We'll just attach our rod,
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and then
I can just hit the brake
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or floor it.
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Okay, so, as you can see,
the extended controls
are coming together.
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And now, I'm just getting
the angle of the rod,
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so that way,
I can control it from the top.
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[narrator] To protect himself
from getting fried,
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Tory's installing
an insulated polymer bucket
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fixed to a plywood platform.
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Now, before we go any farther,
we just want to make sure
our deck is strong enough.
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So Dave is going to give it
a little strength test.
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Hit it, Dave.
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[Dave] All right.
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[country music playing]
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[Tory applauding]
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Looks strong to me.
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[Dave] I think so.
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[narrator] Yup,
and with the addition
of a racing seat,
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the rooftop cockpit
is waterproof
and non-conductive.
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[Tory] Okay.
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Yep, this feels ridiculous.
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[vocalizes driving sounds]
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All right, now that the chair
is mounted to the top
of the car,
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we're going to make some
last-minute checks
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on the angle
of our extension rod.
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Once we have those
in position,
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we can cut holes
through the roof,
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and then, we'll attach it all,
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and then, we'll be able
to drive from roof of the car.
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Oh, yeah.
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[Tory] There we go.
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That looks perfect.
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Then it's just
a matter of fitting
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the fiberglass coated pedals,
and steering wheel.
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And sealing up the holes
to make it watertight.
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We have done nothing
to modify this car
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except extended the way
we control it.
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And all the materials
are made out
of non-conductive materials.
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So if this car does decide
to start shocking,
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I won't be anywhere near it.
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Last thing we have to do
is button everything up,
and go for a ride.
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With the gearshift
and power controls
below deck,
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this test run
is a two-man job.
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So Dave is in
the passenger seat
to put the car in drive
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and also standing by,
so if the car
goes out of control,
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he can stop it.
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Here we go.
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Oh, ho-ho, ho-ho,
this is awesome.
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Everybody should drive
like this.
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[Dave] Everything seems
to be working fine.
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[Tory] Oh, this is rad.
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All right, it works.
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It 100% works.
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You want to throw it
into reverse?
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-[Dave] All right.
-I have full control.
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This is--
this is going to be perfect.
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I'll be up here,
nice and safe,
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we'll drive the car
into the water.
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If it decides to explode,
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let it.
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All right, you want
to go ahead
and throw it into park?
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That worked great.
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-[Dave] It all looked good
in here, too.
-Yeah.
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Good job.
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-Yeah, you too.
That was fun.
-We did it. We did it.
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This car is as safe
as I think it can be.
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Now all we have to do
is drive it into a pool
of water.
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Wreck it all, huh?
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[both laugh]
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[Tory] When it comes
to the full-scale testing
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of our EV's ability
to survive being submerged,
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it won't be safe to have
anyone inside the vehicle.
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So Bisi's getting busy
on a modification
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that'll allow me to kill
the power from the roof
if I run into trouble.
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[Bisi] In the event
of an emergency,
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we need him to be able
to disengage
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this high-voltage
cutoff switch
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and have the vehicle
dead in the water.
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We have a safety tab here
that'd be difficult
for us to initiate,
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so I'm going to remove this
tab by simply breaking it off.
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And that's it.
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So now, our tab can
pull up with a rope
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and easily remove it
in the case that
something goes wrong.
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So I'm going to put
a nice hole into the ceiling.
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I'm going to use this rope
as a way to activate
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a proper shutdown sequence.
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[blows]
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Okay, now I'm going
to test the system and see
if it works extremely well.
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When I pull this up,
it should disconnect nicely.
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Okay, one, two, three.
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Oh, easy. I even felt
a nice jolt from it,
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so it's working quite well.
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I'm going to clean
everything up, seal the hole,
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and Tory will be ready to go.
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00:10:35,013 --> 00:10:36,290
Hold that there.
236
00:10:37,878 --> 00:10:38,879
Perfect.
237
00:10:40,467 --> 00:10:42,365
Let me set the scene.
238
00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,229
We are about to test the myth
239
00:10:44,264 --> 00:10:47,577
that you can drive
an electric car into water
and drive out safely.
240
00:10:47,612 --> 00:10:50,684
So we dug a ditch,
we have actually
lined it plastic,
241
00:10:50,719 --> 00:10:51,823
filled it with water.
242
00:10:51,858 --> 00:10:53,894
We have our pool set,
we have our car insulated,
243
00:10:53,929 --> 00:10:56,103
and I have the controls
on top of the roof.
244
00:10:56,138 --> 00:10:57,484
What do you guys think
is going to happen?
245
00:10:57,518 --> 00:10:59,037
You think it's just going
to drive right through?
246
00:10:59,072 --> 00:11:01,488
Are you going to go fast,
are you going to take it slow?
247
00:11:01,522 --> 00:11:03,835
I think what I'm going to do
is just, kind of roll in.
248
00:11:03,870 --> 00:11:06,113
'Cause I think
if I try to gun it in,
249
00:11:06,148 --> 00:11:08,150
there's a good chance
that I might flip the car.
250
00:11:08,184 --> 00:11:09,841
But if I roll it in slowly,
251
00:11:09,876 --> 00:11:13,120
it'll probably start
filling up with water,
and it'll allow it to sink.
252
00:11:13,155 --> 00:11:15,260
I think you may
get some buoyancy,
just a little bit...
253
00:11:15,295 --> 00:11:17,193
-[both] Yeah.
-...before you settle down.
254
00:11:17,228 --> 00:11:18,678
-I think it'll be successful.
-[Faye] Yeah.
255
00:11:18,712 --> 00:11:19,782
What do you think?
256
00:11:19,817 --> 00:11:22,612
The batteries, the electronics
are in the floor,
257
00:11:22,647 --> 00:11:24,994
so I think it actually
is going to short itself out
258
00:11:25,029 --> 00:11:27,410
and not be able to
drive back out.
259
00:11:27,445 --> 00:11:28,826
-[Bisi laughs]
-All right.
260
00:11:28,860 --> 00:11:31,138
It's a very
dangerous excursion,
and to keep you safe,
261
00:11:31,173 --> 00:11:33,623
I have this pull mechanism
that you just grab
with a rope,
262
00:11:33,658 --> 00:11:36,005
and it completely disables
the high-voltage system.
263
00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:37,351
Okay, get those on.
264
00:11:38,490 --> 00:11:40,320
Secondly, I have some sensors.
265
00:11:40,354 --> 00:11:41,701
One I'm going to place
in the water,
266
00:11:41,735 --> 00:11:43,357
another one,
inside the compartment
267
00:11:43,392 --> 00:11:46,360
that will beep very loudly
if any electricity
268
00:11:46,395 --> 00:11:49,432
is witnessed
inside the pool of water.
269
00:11:49,467 --> 00:11:51,849
Hopefully, we never get
to hear those go off.
270
00:11:51,883 --> 00:11:53,816
[Faye] I also have
some things safety-wise
271
00:11:53,851 --> 00:11:55,611
that I think you're
really going to need.
272
00:11:55,645 --> 00:11:57,164
-Let's hear it.
-I got some buoys.
273
00:11:57,199 --> 00:11:58,545
-[Tory] Ah, I love it.
-Yeah.
274
00:11:58,579 --> 00:12:01,237
-You're going to attach
buoys to the outriggers.
-[Faye] Uh-huh.
275
00:12:01,272 --> 00:12:04,102
This is going to help prevent
the car from flipping over.
276
00:12:04,137 --> 00:12:06,070
Whether it comes this side
or this side,
277
00:12:06,104 --> 00:12:08,382
it, sort of,
acts as a buoyancy device.
278
00:12:08,417 --> 00:12:10,730
-You won't flip over...
-That way if I drive it,
I don't flip the car.
279
00:12:10,764 --> 00:12:12,386
-Right.
-That's a good call.
280
00:12:12,421 --> 00:12:13,560
All right.
281
00:12:13,594 --> 00:12:16,011
You guys ready to drive this
toaster into the water?
282
00:12:16,045 --> 00:12:17,357
-Toaster?
-[Faye squeals]
283
00:12:17,391 --> 00:12:18,496
-Let's do this.
-[Faye] Mmm-hmm!
284
00:12:21,637 --> 00:12:23,432
[Tory] So this is just
a safety precaution.
285
00:12:23,466 --> 00:12:25,917
I'm going to be
strapped in to this,
286
00:12:25,952 --> 00:12:30,991
so that way, they can actually
pluck me out of the car seat
and to safety.
287
00:12:31,026 --> 00:12:33,028
My life is in your hands.
288
00:12:33,062 --> 00:12:34,684
I got nervous all of a sudden.
289
00:12:34,719 --> 00:12:36,825
-[Faye laughs]
-[Bisi] You do realize
what we're doing here.
290
00:12:38,274 --> 00:12:39,275
Okay.
291
00:12:39,310 --> 00:12:40,760
-Good luck, brother.
-Thank you.
292
00:12:40,794 --> 00:12:42,520
-See you on the other side.
-No, don't say that.
293
00:12:42,554 --> 00:12:44,660
-No, the other side
of the water.
-Of the pond?
294
00:12:44,694 --> 00:12:45,972
-[Faye] Yeah.
-[Tory] Okay.
295
00:12:46,489 --> 00:12:47,836
You guys ready?
296
00:12:47,870 --> 00:12:51,218
This is "Electric Car
Driving Into Water."
297
00:12:51,253 --> 00:12:52,564
All right, here we go!
298
00:12:54,843 --> 00:12:58,018
[screams, laughs]
299
00:12:58,053 --> 00:13:00,365
[Bisi] Just take it easy.
Nice and slow.
300
00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:01,608
Stay on the path.
301
00:13:04,266 --> 00:13:05,750
-Still moving.
-[Tory laughing]
302
00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:06,958
-Okay, he's going in.
-Whoa!
303
00:13:06,993 --> 00:13:07,994
See how deep that looks?
304
00:13:08,028 --> 00:13:09,305
[Faye] Yeah, it's a lot
deeper than it looks.
305
00:13:09,340 --> 00:13:11,100
[Bisi] That's crazy, right?
Like, it's an
optical illusion.
306
00:13:11,135 --> 00:13:12,481
-It looks like it's not deep.
-[Tory] Oh...
307
00:13:12,515 --> 00:13:14,932
-[Bisi] We see bubbles
coming out--
-...I feel like I'm floating.
308
00:13:14,966 --> 00:13:18,590
-Whoa, we are going deep.
-[Faye] Oh!
I totally love destruction!
309
00:13:18,625 --> 00:13:21,766
-[Bisi] Okay, but so far,
he's not moving at all.
-[Faye] Yeah.
310
00:13:21,801 --> 00:13:23,975
-Not moving.
-[Tory] Oh, we are
100% floating.
311
00:13:24,010 --> 00:13:26,564
-[Faye] Yup
-So my wheels must be
spinning right now because...
312
00:13:26,598 --> 00:13:28,808
-[Bisi] Yeah, it was.
-[Faye] No, they're not
moving at all.
313
00:13:30,257 --> 00:13:31,534
Your foot's on the gas?
314
00:13:31,569 --> 00:13:32,812
I'm flooring it right now.
315
00:13:32,846 --> 00:13:34,744
-[Bisi] Oh...
-[Faye] Oh...
316
00:13:34,779 --> 00:13:35,642
[Faye] It's dead.
317
00:13:35,676 --> 00:13:37,713
-Is it not moving?
-No.
318
00:13:37,747 --> 00:13:38,818
Not moving at all?
319
00:13:38,852 --> 00:13:41,510
No, no,
your wheels are not turning.
320
00:13:41,544 --> 00:13:43,926
-Oh, my gosh.
-[Bisi] But my sensors
are not going off.
321
00:13:43,961 --> 00:13:46,204
-[Faye] Yeah.
-But something
shut everything off.
322
00:13:46,239 --> 00:13:47,965
-[Faye] Yeah, yeah.
-Uh, I think
it's called water.
323
00:13:47,999 --> 00:13:49,242
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
324
00:13:49,276 --> 00:13:52,141
[Bisi] So there's a arrow
on the dash
with a battery logo.
325
00:13:52,176 --> 00:13:53,971
-Yup.
-And that's not
that much depth.
326
00:13:54,005 --> 00:13:55,248
[Faye] That really isn't.
327
00:13:55,282 --> 00:13:58,458
[Bisi] It's all the way
to Buster's knees almost.
328
00:13:58,492 --> 00:14:00,184
[Faye exclaims] Yeah.
329
00:14:00,218 --> 00:14:04,567
I'm surprised, I really
thought that there would be
more protective capabilities
330
00:14:04,602 --> 00:14:07,053
-for such
a shallow depth, but...
-Yeah.
331
00:14:07,087 --> 00:14:09,400
It didn't even
make it halfway.
332
00:14:09,434 --> 00:14:12,955
But what I'm curious about is
if we dry this out,
will it run again?
333
00:14:12,990 --> 00:14:15,578
[Faye] Yeah, and then maybe
we can see
where the damage occurred.
334
00:14:15,613 --> 00:14:16,994
We'll tow the car out,
335
00:14:17,028 --> 00:14:18,823
let it drain,
and see if it starts up again.
336
00:14:18,858 --> 00:14:19,720
[Bisi] Sounds good.
337
00:14:23,241 --> 00:14:24,967
Well, that was anticlimactic.
338
00:14:25,002 --> 00:14:26,555
We had everything
working perfectly.
339
00:14:27,314 --> 00:14:29,316
The car drove into the water.
340
00:14:29,351 --> 00:14:31,111
I was expecting
to see something.
341
00:14:31,146 --> 00:14:33,217
Maybe sparks, maybe smoke.
342
00:14:33,251 --> 00:14:36,565
But nothing, the car just died
as soon as we hit the water.
343
00:14:36,599 --> 00:14:39,016
Maybe it just short-circuited,
I have no idea.
344
00:14:40,983 --> 00:14:45,332
[Faye] What we do know
is our shock detectors
did not trigger.
345
00:14:45,367 --> 00:14:49,095
So Buster wasn't electrocuted
because the EV's safety system
likely kicked in
346
00:14:49,129 --> 00:14:53,202
and shielded the high-voltage
system before it died.
347
00:14:53,237 --> 00:14:56,481
And I think what we need to do
is pull it out of the water,
let it dry,
348
00:14:56,516 --> 00:14:59,346
and see if we can figure out
what exactly happened.
349
00:15:00,934 --> 00:15:03,557
I think that's good there,
we'll just chock it.
350
00:15:10,944 --> 00:15:12,670
[Bisi] So we're here back
at the shop,
351
00:15:12,704 --> 00:15:15,431
and I let the vehicle sit
for quite a while to dry out.
352
00:15:15,466 --> 00:15:20,091
We're going to take a look
and see if we can find out
what exactly happened.
353
00:15:20,126 --> 00:15:22,783
As you may recall,
as you were driving
to the pool of water,
354
00:15:22,818 --> 00:15:25,303
when we got up to this level,
the vehicle
completely stopped.
355
00:15:25,338 --> 00:15:26,995
[both] Yeah.
356
00:15:27,029 --> 00:15:29,376
Water, which had a bit of ways
to connect our positive
and negative terminals,
357
00:15:29,411 --> 00:15:31,378
pretty much killed our
entire 12-volt system
358
00:15:31,413 --> 00:15:33,242
and rendered
the vehicle inoperable.
359
00:15:33,277 --> 00:15:35,624
-You think that was
the main problem?
-That was the main problem.
360
00:15:35,658 --> 00:15:37,384
Because the 12-volt system
controls everything.
361
00:15:37,419 --> 00:15:38,903
It controls
the controller itself,
362
00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:40,732
our DC to DC converters,
363
00:15:40,767 --> 00:15:43,356
everything that has to do
with the functioning
of the vehicle properly.
364
00:15:43,390 --> 00:15:46,255
It's not just
the high-voltage system,
but also the 12-volt system.
365
00:15:46,290 --> 00:15:49,086
So if we replace that battery,
you think this car
will start up?
366
00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:50,880
It's possible,
but I want to test this first.
367
00:15:50,915 --> 00:15:53,538
I want to connect
the old battery, now that
everything is dried out,
368
00:15:53,573 --> 00:15:55,368
just to see what happens.
369
00:15:55,402 --> 00:15:58,026
Will the electronics
activate again?
Will it start at all?
370
00:15:58,060 --> 00:15:59,820
-He's so optimistic.
-I am, I am.
371
00:15:59,855 --> 00:16:01,753
Okay, so let's see.
372
00:16:01,788 --> 00:16:02,789
-Ready?
-Yeah.
373
00:16:04,446 --> 00:16:06,413
-[beeping]
-Ah.
374
00:16:06,448 --> 00:16:08,622
-Sounds like death--
-Hey, it's doing something.
375
00:16:08,657 --> 00:16:10,141
[Faye] No, that's a noise
you do not want to hear.
376
00:16:10,176 --> 00:16:11,936
Yeah, but that alarm
is not very promising.
377
00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:13,420
-[Tory] All right.
-Let me take a look and see.
378
00:16:13,455 --> 00:16:15,215
Start her up,
Captain Electric--
379
00:16:15,250 --> 00:16:16,768
Something must still be
wet in there, you know--
380
00:16:16,803 --> 00:16:20,910
-Oh.
-Its whistling--
Its whistling just died. Ooh.
381
00:16:20,945 --> 00:16:22,326
-[Bisi] Nothing's happening.
-[Tory] Okay.
382
00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:23,706
-Well, we tried.
-Uh-oh.
383
00:16:23,741 --> 00:16:26,882
Okay, I'm going
to get a multimeter,
and check the voltage now,
384
00:16:26,916 --> 00:16:28,297
and if it's not
where we need to be,
385
00:16:28,332 --> 00:16:30,023
Faye, I may need your help
in getting a fresh battery,
386
00:16:30,058 --> 00:16:31,852
-so we can try it again
and see what happens.
-[Faye] Okay.
387
00:16:31,887 --> 00:16:33,682
-This is supposed to be
12 volts, Faye--
-[Tory] Ah!
388
00:16:33,716 --> 00:16:35,822
...but we're hovering
in the 3-volt range.
389
00:16:35,856 --> 00:16:37,134
-It's 3 volts.
-Yeah.
390
00:16:37,168 --> 00:16:39,377
-Yeah, that's not good at all.
-I think this battery is done.
391
00:16:39,412 --> 00:16:40,965
Well, it may not be
the battery's fault.
392
00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,071
Maybe we still have some
connectivity going on
393
00:16:43,105 --> 00:16:44,555
with some water
in the critical components.
394
00:16:44,589 --> 00:16:46,005
[Faye] Yeah.
395
00:16:46,039 --> 00:16:49,042
So I guess the best way
to evaluate that
is to get a fresh battery.
396
00:16:49,077 --> 00:16:50,423
-Sounds good.
-Monitor it again.
397
00:16:50,457 --> 00:16:52,839
-Mmm-hmm. Yeah.
-And see what happens.
398
00:16:52,873 --> 00:16:55,083
[Tory] Right now,
it is not looking good
for this myth.
399
00:16:55,117 --> 00:16:57,430
Driving an electric car
into water.
400
00:16:57,464 --> 00:16:58,707
We tried it.
401
00:16:58,741 --> 00:17:03,160
I drove in, sunk,
and then all of a sudden,
the car died.
402
00:17:03,194 --> 00:17:04,609
But Bisi's holding onto hope.
403
00:17:04,644 --> 00:17:06,197
He is very optimistic.
404
00:17:06,232 --> 00:17:09,511
So, we're going to swap out
the old battery,
put in a brand-new one,
405
00:17:09,545 --> 00:17:12,652
and see if this car
will turn on.
406
00:17:12,686 --> 00:17:14,861
My guess, this car is dead.
407
00:17:15,620 --> 00:17:17,381
[Bisi] All right. Nice.
408
00:17:17,415 --> 00:17:19,659
-[Faye] All right. DC volts.
-What is the voltage now?
What is it now?
409
00:17:19,693 --> 00:17:21,005
-Healthy!
-[Bisi] 12.8.
410
00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:22,489
-Okay, ready?
-[Tory] Fresh battery.
411
00:17:22,524 --> 00:17:24,733
Okay, so,
I'm going to connect this,
and if our battery drains,
412
00:17:24,767 --> 00:17:26,700
-then we have a circuit
that's still...
-[Faye] We know-- Yeah.
413
00:17:26,735 --> 00:17:29,117
-...misbehaving.
-Yeah, there's some
sort of parasitic draw--
414
00:17:29,151 --> 00:17:30,359
-[Bisi] Ready?
-Yeah, go ahead.
415
00:17:30,394 --> 00:17:31,981
-[beeping]
-[Bisi] Ah, lights came on,
that's good.
416
00:17:32,016 --> 00:17:34,053
[Faye] 12.6. 12.5.
417
00:17:34,087 --> 00:17:35,985
-[Tory] It's freaking out.
-Oh, my God.
418
00:17:36,020 --> 00:17:39,679
5.4, 5.0, it's going down.
4.9, 4.5... Oh--
419
00:17:39,713 --> 00:17:42,475
See if it starts!
Come on, Bisi.
420
00:17:42,509 --> 00:17:43,959
Please, we all know
it's not going to start.
421
00:17:43,993 --> 00:17:45,512
-Bisi's hopeful.
-No.
422
00:17:46,789 --> 00:17:48,826
-12.23.
-[Bisi] Okay.
423
00:17:48,860 --> 00:17:50,966
So the fact that the voltage
is going down
424
00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:55,660
means that we have really
bad connectivity somewhere
that shouldn't be happening.
425
00:17:55,695 --> 00:18:00,355
So the moral of the story is
don't get your electric car
completely drenched.
426
00:18:00,389 --> 00:18:03,668
It's busted.
You can't drive
an electric car underwater.
427
00:18:03,703 --> 00:18:04,911
Busted. Absolutely.
428
00:18:04,945 --> 00:18:07,224
I reluctantly concur. Busted.
429
00:18:07,258 --> 00:18:11,435
But I think maybe we should
see if we can take it
to the next level.
430
00:18:11,469 --> 00:18:14,196
See if we can drive
the electric car underwater.
431
00:18:14,231 --> 00:18:15,887
I like how you're thinking.
432
00:18:15,922 --> 00:18:18,442
-[Faye] Okay.
-If we protected
vital components,
433
00:18:18,476 --> 00:18:22,031
and left others, let's say
mobility components as is,
434
00:18:22,066 --> 00:18:23,274
maybe we'll have some success.
435
00:18:27,899 --> 00:18:30,074
[Tory] Wee.
436
00:18:30,109 --> 00:18:32,180
[Faye] Since the first
test car is officially dead,
437
00:18:32,214 --> 00:18:34,527
we've sourced another one
that's identical.
438
00:18:34,561 --> 00:18:35,769
Son of a...
439
00:18:35,804 --> 00:18:38,393
[Faye] Now, we need to make
some mods for the next test
440
00:18:38,427 --> 00:18:41,120
and keep that water
out of the interior
for as long as possible.
441
00:18:42,776 --> 00:18:44,709
Wow, that's good. Okay.
442
00:18:45,676 --> 00:18:47,160
This one failed.
443
00:18:47,195 --> 00:18:49,576
And my goal is to prevent
this one from failing.
444
00:18:49,611 --> 00:18:53,028
12-volt system's got corrupted
with lots of water
in the connectivity.
445
00:18:53,062 --> 00:18:56,135
I'm going to prevent
the same thing from happening
with this vehicle.
446
00:18:57,964 --> 00:19:00,346
Now, I'm spraying
some rubberized sealant.
447
00:19:00,380 --> 00:19:02,589
Now, it takes a few hours
to cure,
448
00:19:02,624 --> 00:19:06,455
but in this liquid form,
it can really get
into very tight spaces.
449
00:19:06,490 --> 00:19:10,114
Because all you need
is a small seepage,
and a lot of damage can occur.
450
00:19:12,151 --> 00:19:16,569
Now we're just transferring
everything over to this
new electric car.
451
00:19:16,603 --> 00:19:18,467
We put the controls
on the top,
452
00:19:18,502 --> 00:19:20,987
and, hopefully, this time,
we can get it into the water
453
00:19:21,021 --> 00:19:22,575
and see if this car
will survive.
454
00:19:28,374 --> 00:19:30,099
We need all hands on deck.
455
00:19:30,134 --> 00:19:33,586
We got to carry
the control chair
over to this car.
456
00:19:34,932 --> 00:19:35,898
All right.
457
00:19:36,278 --> 00:19:37,555
Touchdown.
458
00:19:41,801 --> 00:19:44,148
So we have
the rooftop control system
459
00:19:44,183 --> 00:19:46,461
transferred from the old car
to the new car.
460
00:19:46,495 --> 00:19:50,154
We're just going to make some
fine-tuned adjustments
to make sure we can drive it.
461
00:19:52,018 --> 00:19:53,985
And then, it's time
to waterproof this thing.
462
00:19:57,368 --> 00:20:00,302
Okay, so, I have some
insulation foam here.
463
00:20:00,337 --> 00:20:02,684
I'm just going to start
hitting some of these cavities
464
00:20:02,718 --> 00:20:06,412
to make sure that this
undercarriage is watertight.
465
00:20:06,446 --> 00:20:09,069
So I see an orange wire
which denotes high voltage
466
00:20:09,104 --> 00:20:10,416
-going into this module.
-Yeah.
467
00:20:10,450 --> 00:20:12,245
And that module
doesn't look like
it's sealed very well.
468
00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,283
-So, if you can squirt
in there for me.
-Yeah.
469
00:20:15,317 --> 00:20:17,837
After that, you can
seal to your heart's content.
470
00:20:19,425 --> 00:20:21,254
[Tory] This what James Bond
did to his car?
471
00:20:21,289 --> 00:20:22,290
[Bisi laughs]
472
00:20:22,324 --> 00:20:23,394
I don't know.
473
00:20:26,155 --> 00:20:29,504
[Tory] All I'm doing is,
anywhere I see a connection
474
00:20:29,538 --> 00:20:31,264
that might allow water in,
475
00:20:31,299 --> 00:20:32,886
I'm just hitting it
with the foam.
476
00:20:39,721 --> 00:20:41,309
Oh, that looks good.
477
00:20:41,343 --> 00:20:43,656
-[Tory] Yeah, I think we're--
-Everything is covered!
478
00:20:43,690 --> 00:20:45,313
And I agree with you
in not covering up
479
00:20:45,347 --> 00:20:47,453
the heat exchanging mechanisms
up front,
480
00:20:47,487 --> 00:20:49,903
because we still need
to be able to cool
the vehicle down.
481
00:20:49,938 --> 00:20:52,941
Even when charging,
the DC-DC convertor
needs cooling.
482
00:20:52,975 --> 00:20:55,633
So we need to be able
to have fluid flow
and heat exchange to occur.
483
00:20:55,668 --> 00:20:57,221
So this is actually perfect.
484
00:20:57,256 --> 00:21:00,224
[Tory] Why don't we
bring it down, take a look
at the top of the motor,
485
00:21:00,259 --> 00:21:01,881
see if we need
to cover anything else.
486
00:21:05,850 --> 00:21:08,197
All right, Bisi, it looks
pretty sealed over here.
487
00:21:08,232 --> 00:21:11,304
Yeah, nothing was damaged in
our attempt to
seal everything up.
488
00:21:11,339 --> 00:21:13,030
She's good to go.
489
00:21:13,064 --> 00:21:15,446
I think the next step
is getting it out to the pool
and driving it into the water.
490
00:21:15,481 --> 00:21:16,999
And I'm really optimistic
on this one.
491
00:21:17,345 --> 00:21:18,173
Me too.
492
00:21:27,216 --> 00:21:28,632
[narrator] In
the first experiment,
493
00:21:28,666 --> 00:21:31,082
the humble electric vehicle
hit the water
494
00:21:31,117 --> 00:21:34,983
and survived for just
25 seconds before going kaput,
495
00:21:35,017 --> 00:21:37,813
thereby confirming
the age-old adage,
496
00:21:37,848 --> 00:21:41,161
"Water and electricity
do not mix."
497
00:21:41,196 --> 00:21:43,302
-[Bisi] Oh...
-[Faye] Oh...
498
00:21:43,336 --> 00:21:44,544
It's dead.
499
00:21:44,579 --> 00:21:47,444
[narrator] But where
there's a myth, there's a way.
500
00:21:47,478 --> 00:21:50,378
So with some astute
precipitation protection,
501
00:21:50,412 --> 00:21:52,380
a set of dune buggy tires,
502
00:21:52,414 --> 00:21:55,279
and an unswerving
rooftop pilot...
503
00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:56,936
[Tory laughing]
504
00:21:56,970 --> 00:21:59,490
[Bisi] Oh, dang, look at that.
505
00:21:59,525 --> 00:22:01,596
[narrator] ...can this
mighty-modded EV
506
00:22:01,630 --> 00:22:03,494
possibly punch
above its weight
507
00:22:03,529 --> 00:22:05,565
and endure a flash flood?
508
00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:06,980
What do you guys think?
509
00:22:07,015 --> 00:22:08,741
[Faye] This is brilliant.
510
00:22:08,775 --> 00:22:11,053
I hadn't even thought
about doing anything
with the tires.
511
00:22:11,088 --> 00:22:13,228
I figured if it does float,
512
00:22:13,262 --> 00:22:15,403
at least some way,
I can get across the water.
513
00:22:15,437 --> 00:22:19,199
Yeah. I mean, we're giving
this thing the best chance
we possibly can.
514
00:22:19,234 --> 00:22:21,063
I'm really hoping
I'm not going to be
disappointed again.
515
00:22:21,098 --> 00:22:23,134
-[Bisi] You ready?
-I'm ready.
You guys ready?
516
00:22:23,169 --> 00:22:24,791
-I'm going to...
-Yeah! Oh! Where should we--
517
00:22:24,826 --> 00:22:26,448
-...stand water fest.
-[Faye] ...to avoid a shower.
518
00:22:28,588 --> 00:22:32,592
This is it, the moment
we've all been waiting for,
EV Rider II.
519
00:22:32,627 --> 00:22:35,250
Yeah, 'cause the first one
died, so...
520
00:22:36,251 --> 00:22:38,840
We sealed it,
we put the giant tires on it.
521
00:22:38,874 --> 00:22:40,082
I'm going to be driving
from the top.
522
00:22:41,532 --> 00:22:43,327
I'm going to get in position,
523
00:22:43,362 --> 00:22:44,880
I'm going to hammer down,
524
00:22:44,915 --> 00:22:46,330
see if I can get it
across the water.
525
00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:48,263
Oh, I love this part
of the show.
526
00:22:51,266 --> 00:22:52,888
All right, one last thing.
527
00:22:54,856 --> 00:22:55,719
[Bisi exclaims]
528
00:22:55,753 --> 00:22:57,237
You know, Texas.
529
00:22:57,272 --> 00:22:59,585
-I mean, the myth
took place in Texas.
-[Faye] Heck, yeah!
530
00:22:59,619 --> 00:23:00,931
Yee-haw.
531
00:23:00,965 --> 00:23:02,588
-Y'all ready for this?
-Yup.
532
00:23:02,622 --> 00:23:04,831
-[Faye] I'm like
getting nervous.
-I know.
533
00:23:07,316 --> 00:23:09,767
Can an electric car
get across water?
534
00:23:09,802 --> 00:23:12,770
Well, we've done everything
in our power
to make it happen.
535
00:23:12,805 --> 00:23:14,910
Whether or not
it's going to work,
we're about to find out.
536
00:23:18,293 --> 00:23:19,501
Three...
537
00:23:19,536 --> 00:23:21,607
[both] ...two, one.
538
00:23:21,641 --> 00:23:22,815
-[Faye] Go!
-[Bisi] Engage!
539
00:23:24,472 --> 00:23:26,646
[Faye whooping]
540
00:23:26,681 --> 00:23:29,442
[Bisi] You can do it.
He's doing it, doing it!
541
00:23:29,477 --> 00:23:31,548
-He's moving! He's got it!
-[Faye] Go, go, go!
542
00:23:31,582 --> 00:23:34,620
[Tory] Come on, baby, come on.
543
00:23:34,654 --> 00:23:36,932
-Come on.
-[Bisi screaming] Keep going!
544
00:23:36,967 --> 00:23:38,831
Come on, come on.
545
00:23:38,865 --> 00:23:41,627
-Come on.
-[Tory] Come on.
546
00:23:41,661 --> 00:23:43,905
[Bisi] Oh, my God,
oh, my God!
547
00:23:43,939 --> 00:23:46,183
-Is it moving?
Is it moving?
-[Tory] Come on, baby!
548
00:23:46,217 --> 00:23:48,288
-[Bisi] It's going,
it's going.
-[Faye] Go, go, go!
549
00:23:48,323 --> 00:23:50,843
-It's going, it's going.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
550
00:23:50,877 --> 00:23:54,467
[Faye] EV Rider I
survived just 25 seconds,
551
00:23:54,502 --> 00:23:57,988
while EV II has powered
halfway across the pool.
552
00:23:58,022 --> 00:24:01,681
But with the deeper water,
it's losing traction
and momentum.
553
00:24:04,063 --> 00:24:05,340
It's still going.
554
00:24:05,374 --> 00:24:07,031
-Oh, my God.
-[Tory] Oh, wait.
I think I just died...
555
00:24:07,066 --> 00:24:08,999
[all screaming]
556
00:24:09,033 --> 00:24:11,622
Oh, he's driving!
Oh, my God.
557
00:24:13,175 --> 00:24:15,523
[Bisi] For every second
the terminals are submerged,
558
00:24:15,557 --> 00:24:18,353
there's a higher risk
of short-circuiting.
559
00:24:18,387 --> 00:24:21,183
-Come on, come on!
-Oh, I just wanna-- Go!
560
00:24:21,874 --> 00:24:23,565
[Tory] Come on.
561
00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:24,842
[Bisi] It's still going.
562
00:24:24,877 --> 00:24:26,223
[Faye] I can't believe
it's still going.
563
00:24:26,257 --> 00:24:27,880
That is amazing.
564
00:24:27,914 --> 00:24:29,537
And we have no beeping yet.
565
00:24:30,814 --> 00:24:31,918
This is amazing.
566
00:24:31,953 --> 00:24:34,231
-The fact that
it's still going.
-It's still going.
567
00:24:34,265 --> 00:24:36,820
Oh, it's cutting--
It's getting to the bottom
of the tarp.
568
00:24:36,854 --> 00:24:38,477
-Oh, it is, yeah.
-Oh.
569
00:24:39,236 --> 00:24:41,203
-[Tory] It's dead.
-[Bisi] Aww.
570
00:24:41,652 --> 00:24:42,619
She's done.
571
00:24:42,653 --> 00:24:44,413
[both exclaiming]
572
00:24:45,725 --> 00:24:47,037
That was incredible.
573
00:24:47,071 --> 00:24:49,902
-Can you believe
how long it went?
-That was a long time.
574
00:24:49,936 --> 00:24:51,662
Like, halfway submerged.
575
00:24:51,697 --> 00:24:52,663
Wow.
576
00:24:52,698 --> 00:24:53,630
Unbelievable.
577
00:24:56,943 --> 00:25:01,707
[Tory] We gave it
every possible chance,
but this was an epic fail.
578
00:25:01,741 --> 00:25:04,054
I mean,
driving into that water,
579
00:25:04,088 --> 00:25:08,368
I slammed on the accelerator,
and it felt like a log ride.
580
00:25:08,403 --> 00:25:11,371
I hit the water,
it splashed off,
my hat took off.
581
00:25:11,406 --> 00:25:14,616
Uh, but the crazy thing
is the car kept going.
582
00:25:14,651 --> 00:25:17,170
And it got to the point where
it was up to the windows,
583
00:25:17,205 --> 00:25:19,379
and the wheels kept spinning.
584
00:25:19,414 --> 00:25:21,209
Uh, yeah, it didn't work.
585
00:25:21,243 --> 00:25:23,383
Eventually, water got
into the batteries
586
00:25:23,418 --> 00:25:25,316
and the electrical system,
and it killed the car.
587
00:25:27,871 --> 00:25:29,735
[narrator] Okay,
so the results are in.
588
00:25:29,769 --> 00:25:33,532
EV Rider II, equipped with
undercarriage waterproofing
589
00:25:33,566 --> 00:25:35,223
and dune buggy tires,
590
00:25:35,257 --> 00:25:39,538
undeniably outperformed
the stock standard EV Rider I.
591
00:25:39,572 --> 00:25:45,026
But the added protection
was only successful
in delaying the inevitable.
592
00:25:45,060 --> 00:25:47,442
-[Bisi] A moment of silence.
-A moment of silence
for EV Rider II.
593
00:25:51,929 --> 00:25:53,897
I think the moral
of the story here is
594
00:25:53,931 --> 00:25:55,415
if there is a flood
in front of you,
595
00:25:55,450 --> 00:25:56,865
don't try driving through it.
596
00:25:56,900 --> 00:25:59,592
[Faye] Absolutely.
I mean, just like
all the signs in Texas say,
597
00:25:59,627 --> 00:26:01,836
"Road may flood.
When in doubt, turn around."
598
00:26:01,870 --> 00:26:03,078
And that myth is busted.
599
00:26:03,113 --> 00:26:04,459
[laughs]
600
00:26:04,493 --> 00:26:06,116
I'm ready to get off
this thing, you guys.
601
00:26:06,150 --> 00:26:07,911
-Go ahead and crane me off.
-[indistinct conversation]
602
00:26:07,945 --> 00:26:09,637
Guys. Hey, guys?
603
00:26:10,327 --> 00:26:11,811
Bisi, Faye.
604
00:26:12,536 --> 00:26:13,537
Hello?
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