Still a bad idea, at least around here. There are some places nearby that flood out at least once a year. And at least once a year someone drives into it, gets swept away, and dies. Despite the swell looking only a foot or so deep the current runs fast enough to take a car.
2 striking things:
1) the level of sealing and waterproofing is pretty incredible
2) a consumer’s trust that #1 holds true of the high wattage system…
IMHO, this “capability” speaks to the level of engineering excellence of this company/product.
Misleading headline. This is regular wading, not floating "boat mode" the Elon mentioned (and has never been publicly verified).
There are multiple videos, in one of them the car is clearly floating.
A rudder isn’t something you could simply deploy but I might stow a paddle and some fenders…