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Rinspeed sQuba goes for a drive and a dive

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Written by Matt Chapman   
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
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If there are two things that probably shouldn’t mix, it’s watersports and motorsports. Try telling that to the folks at Rinspeed, though. Their sQuba underwater car lets you go for a drive while you dive...

Rinspeed will show off the world’s first diving car at the Geneva Motor Show on March 6 to the 16.

The car is not only supposed to be able to drive on roads autonomously with a push of a button – without a driver, passenger or further assistance – but the sQuba can also transform into an amphibious vehicle which can be submerged in water up to 10 meters (33 feet).

An electric motor with powerful torque drives the rear wheels, while the propulsion on the water is ensured by two propellers in the stern and two powerful jet drives in the bow propelling the vehicle under water while diving.

When underwater, the driver and passenger are enclosed in the vehicle thanks to light-weight body components made of futuristic Carbon Nano Tubes and are supplied with fresh breathing air by the self-contained on-board system.

About time too. We’ve wanted one of these since James Bond first took a trip under the waves in a Lotus Elise.

Check out the following pages for some more pictures showing detail on the Rinspeed sQuba...

Rinspeed sQuba underwater car


 
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