Tesla Motors’ CEO Elon Musk, in an effort to craft a new selling point for the forthcoming Model S, told customers Sunday that the Model S “floats well enough to turn into a boat.”
Musk’s tweet was prompted by the release of a video on YouTube supposedly showing the Model S traversing through a flooded tunnel in Kazakhstan.
We *def* don’t recommended this, but Model S floats well enough to turn it into a boat for short periods of time. Thrust via wheel rotation.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 19, 2016
The video shows the Tesla plowing through the water while other vehicles are at a stand still — It does not appear to show the vehicle floating in the way Musk describes.
Musk definitely has an affinity for amphibious vehicles, buying the James Bond’s submarine car (a custom Lotus Esprit) in 2013, after which remarking that he planned to upgrade it with one of his electric powertrains. Last year, Model S owners found an Easter egg in the car’s software turned the vehicle’s image into that same submersible Lotus.
The company’s head honcho said Sunday in a follow-up tweet that he’s “still planning to do a sports sub car that can drive on roads.”
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