INCREDIBLE footage has captured the shocking moment a Tesla ploughed through a completely flooded street without stopping.
Video taken by an onlooker at a nearby hotel shows the grey Tesla Model 3, burst through several inches of floodwater in San Diego.
TikTokThe car speeds by a Volkswagen Beetle that had gotten stuck in the brutal road conditions[/caption]
TikTokStunned viewers watched on as it ploughed through the floodwater in San Diego[/caption]
TikTokBut the brazen move eventually saw it emerge onto drier land[/caption]
The car speeds by a black Volkswagen Beetle that had gotten stuck in the brutal road conditions as gobsmacked bystanders watched on.
But the brazen move paid off as the Tesla eventually finds a way out of the deep water and speeds off.
Flash flood chaos has battered homes and overturned cars in San Diego as torrential rain swept through California in recent days.
According to the hotel guests who witnessed the wild incident, the Volkswagen driver was trying to tell cars to steer clear of the floods of water, but the Tesla driver ignored the warnings.
Thousands of stunned viewers watched the footage on social media as the video went viral.
And TikTokers were quick to weigh in with their opinions after the risky move.
One said: “Might of made it through but they got water inside for sure and probably gonna have electronics issues.”
While another wrote: “Ok that’s pretty impressive.”
“Tesla has a bio hazard mode that seals the car up. It was fine,” said a third.
A fourth joked: “Just doesn’t charge when in cold weather lol.”
“Lol put a tesla in water…..just not snow,” quipped another.
While the Tesla driver made it to drier land, his manouevre is not recommended by Tesla or other EV drivers who say waters have damaged their vehicles.
It comes after the bizarre moment a man was seen trying to charge his car while almost knee deep in flood waters.
The driver could be seen with his trousers rolled up to his calves as he tried to balance on one leg to reach the charging port.
People were shocked when they saw the driver reverse through a foot of water outside a Berkshire hotel.
Meanwhile, a luxury car modifier and TV star has recalled working on Simon Cowell’s £98,000 Tesla Model X.
Yianni Charalambous, who hosts BBC Three’s Yianni: Supercar Customiser, explained how an out-of-the-blue phone call led to one of his most ambitious and unusual projects for the X-Factor judge.
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