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With the arrival of high winds, torrential rains and typhoons in summer, the risk of vehicle immersion caused by stagnant water often occurs, especially in Guangdong, which causes vehicles to be soaked almost every year.

A few days ago, due to days of torrential rain in Guangzhou, cars in many areas were flooded, in addition to many fuel models were flooded, with the vigorous implementation of the policy of electric vehicles in Guangzhou, it also led to the immersion of many new energy vehicles in the rainstorm.

According to the photos released by some netizens, serious stagnant water occurred in many low-lying areas of Guangzhou, and many vehicles were almost submerged, which undoubtedly had a great impact on cars. After all, this situation in the picture has almost reached the case of a bubble car.

Of course, with the popularity of more and more new energy vehicles, many consumers pay attention to the situation of electric vehicles suffering from water bubble. after all, as a new product, electric vehicles have not been developed for a long time. However, the situation of electric vehicles after wading is basically the same as that of fuel vehicles, and some industry insiders said: "as long as the relevant high-voltage electrical safety regulations are met in the production process, even if the vehicle is unfortunately flooded, there is no need to worry about the risk of electric leakage."

It is understood that at present, the waterproof and dustproof capability of the power battery of pure electric vehicles has reached the IP67 level, and the index to measure the dustproof and waterproof performance of the battery is called Ingress Protection "intrusion protection", or IPXX for short. The first X represents the dustproof grade, and the second X represents the waterproof grade. There are 6 grades of dustproof and 9 grades of waterproofing, so it is no problem to soak in water for a short time.

Although most parts of the electric car are IP67 waterproof, there are still many functional structures that can not avoid water, such as the vents of the vacuum pump. After being flooded, we can only entrust the official authorized service station to carry out the inflow of all the overflowing parts, especially the connectors, so soaking in the water for a long time will also bring certain risks.

According to the current regulations on the insurance of electric vehicles, it is not comprehensive, basically according to the insurance framework of fuel models. In view of the serious damage to the batteries of electric vehicles after the rainstorm, people in the industry of some insurance companies have revealed that if the batteries of electric vehicles are seriously damaged after testing, they can only be scrapped. The main reason is that the battery cost of electric vehicles is relatively high at present.

According to people in the insurance industry, before that, many Tesla models had to be scrapped because of heavy rain. After all, one of the current constraints on the development of electric vehicles is the battery. According to the current cost of replacing the battery, it is basically one-third of the car's price, so the higher replacement cost has also become the determining factor of the insurance company.

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