The journal
Ownership24 Jun 2026

Monsoon, standing water and an electric drivetrain

A vehicle on a road in heavy rain, spray coming off the surface
Photograph: Unsplash

Every monsoon someone asks whether an electric vehicle is safe in the wet, and the question deserves better than reassurance. A traction battery and its wiring are sealed and monitored precisely because they are high voltage; the system is designed to isolate itself if it detects a fault, and that design is the reason the answer is yes rather than the reason it is a worry.

What actually changes in the monsoon is more ordinary. Regeneration behaves differently on a wet road because grip does. Range drops a little when the lights, the wipers and the fan are all working for the whole trip. Neither is a fault, and both are worth knowing before you read them as one.

The number that matters most here is the one we cannot give you: how deep is too deep. There is a rated wading depth and there is an ingress rating for the pack, both written down, neither in our hands. Get them from MV Dugar Group in writing before you take a laden vehicle through standing water on someone’s word.