Dealing With a Submerged Vehicle
Danger: Handling a submerged vehicle without appropriate training and personal protective equipment (PPE) could result in serious injury and death.
The removal and de-energizing of a partially or completely submerged vehicle should always be handled by trained emergency responders outfitted with the required PPE.
Warning: Do not disable the high-voltage system by cutting through an emergency responder cable cut point if the cable is submerged.
Submersion in water (especially salt water) can damage low and high voltage components. Cutting a submerged cable can result in an electrical short and subsequent fire once the vehicle is no longer submerged. This could cause serious injury or death
Warning: Damaged high voltage batteries can produce flammable gas and fire which can lead to serious injury or death.
Vent the passenger compartment once the vehicle out of the water.
Do not store a recovered vehicle indoors.
The high voltage system of the eCascadia is isolated from the chassis. When undamaged, the system will not energize the surrounding water, even when fully submerged.
If in the vehicle when it is submerged, exit the vehicle if it can be done safely. To minimize risk, avoid contact with a submerged high voltage system and batteries. If possible, hit the eStop button on the dash prior to exiting.
When in a safe location, immediately contact emergency services.
Emergency responders will check for damage and, after removing the vehicle from the water, disable the high-voltage system.