sQuba-Underwater car to be unveiled at Geneva show

first_submersible_car_1.jpg Well looking at the image above may make you jump with joy as you may wonder of why no one thought of that before they built roads. Think about it, if all cars were submersible then we wouldn't really need roads to get anywhere (well at least to where we really want to go) it would be much cooler to have an apartment underwater than in a tower cramped around among hundreds of other buildings in a metropolitan city. We wouldn't need aquariums even we'd be inside one!! The environmentalists would gang up with fish and make protests of the water being too polluted. Ok Far fetched ideas I agree but some Swiss company named Rinspeed, will unveil the concept car at the Geneva motorshow, which starts on March 6. The sQuba as it is called can drive on land, float on the surface of the water and also dive to a depth of 10m (33ft). Frank Rinderknecht, CEO of the manufacturer says that the sQuba was inspired by the Lotus Esprit that Roger Moore pilots underwater to escape pursuers in The Spy Who Loved Me. The submersible vehicle is capable of "stabile flight" at a depth of 10m. "It is undoubtedly not an easy task to make a car watertight and pressure resistant enough to be maneuverable under water. The real challenge however was to create a submersible car that moves like a fish in water." The roadster apparently replaces a conventional combustion engine with several electric motors. Three motors are located in the rear, one powering the car on land, and the other two operate under water. These engines are supported by two Seabob jet drives in the front, which "breathe" through special rotating slats. The occupants' breathing air comes from an integrated tank of compressed air. "For safety reasons we have built the vehicle as an open car so that the occupants can get out quickly in an emergency. With an enclosed cabin opening the door might be impossible. first_submersible_car_2.jpg

For a CEO he surely takes his movie outings a bit too seriously, I mean why not build the invisible car from tomorrow never dies, I'd surely buy that.

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