The footage that went viral
Wild video out of Shenyang, China has completely blown up on social media. People filming a heavily flooded street captured a black BYD electric SUV doing something almost impossible to believe.
The vehicle was moving slowly through the deep water, but it was dragging its entire rear motor assembly behind it. The heavy drive unit had completely broken free from the chassis, bouncing and bobbing in the water, totally detached from the car frame but still held close by thick, bright orange high-voltage cables.
‘The umbilical cord hasn’t been cut yet’
The sight of the heavy metal component trailing in the water immediately sparked a massive wave of jokes online. Because the SUV just kept rolling forward while dragging its own mechanical parts, social media users instantly called the disaster a “natural birth”.
One online comment pointed right at the thick orange wires trailing in the floodwater, mocking that “the umbilical cord hasn’t been cut yet.” The unusual visual turned a stressful road emergency into a massive online comedy show.
The official explanation
While the internet laughed and assumed the car just fell apart due to terrible build quality, the manufacturer quickly stepped in to clear things up. According to their official customer service team, the incident was not a random mechanical failure or a factory defect.
Data logs from the vehicle showed that the driver smashed directly into a massive, hidden underwater obstacle while wading through the deep flood. The sheer force of hitting that hidden rock or curb literally tore the motor right off its mounting points.
How was it still moving?
A lot of people wondered how the SUV could even keep driving forward while dragging its own rear motor through the street. This specific electric car runs on a dual-motor all-wheel-drive system, meaning the front motor was completely untouched by the impact and just kept pulling the vehicle forward.
While electric cars usually handle deep water better than petrol vehicles, this dramatic accident serves as a major warning. Driving blindly into floods carries massive risks because you can never see the structural hazards hiding right under the surface.
Watch the video here:
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