The makeshift EV drove on the nearly 100-foot deep seabed of Darwin Harbour in Northern Australia.
A team of engineers, commercial divers, and enthusiasts managed to successfully drive a converted electric Toyota Land Cruiser underwater for over 4 miles , navigating the nearly 100 feet depths of Darwin Harbour in Northern Australia.test its swimming skills, only to hit a rock less than 2 miles from the start and fail.
To make it compatible with water, the standard gasoline engine was yanked out and in its place, an 88-kilowatt NetGain HyPer9 electric motor was installed and hooked up to the original transmission. For waterproofing, the team employed “innovative engineering techniques.” Explaining what these are, Luke Purdy, an Australian TV personality that’s behind the Aussie Salvage Squad TV show, said: “We basically put a garbage tin over the top of it and saturated it with silicone oil.
Everything else stayed roughly the same, though, with Purdy adding that “the transmission and diffs can handle water,” all while filling a bunch of drive components with food-grade grease to lubricate them and keep out seawater. Furthermore, the 37-inch tires were filled with water to keep the car from rising from the seabed, while inflatable buoys chained to the car were used to lift it out of the mud when it bogged down.
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