sQuba - The submersible car

Three decades ago James Bond (then enacted by British star Roger Moore) wowed the world with a car that could 'fly' underwater in the movie "The Spy Who Loved Me". Only, it was an animation and not an actual scene. But Frank M Rinderknecht, the 52-year-old automobile visionary and boss of Swiss automaker Rinspeed, has turned a dream into reality with his 'sQuba'.


sQuba is the world's first real submersible car that can move like a fish underwater, it can dive up to 32.8 ft (10mt) below the surface of the water and can move at a sedate 1.8 miles per hour. It is built with open cockpit for safety reasons so that people could get out easily in times of emergency). The occupants of the car will breathe compressed air through built-in scuba masks.

Besides, sQuba is an electric car equipped with rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and 3 electric motors for propulsion. It is a zero-emission car which produces no exhaust emissions.

This monster also features a powerful yet energy-saving LED lighting technology. To drive on the roads, sQuba relies on a stainless coil-over suspension from KW automotive and large Pirelli tyres mounted on custom-made forged light-weight wheels from AEZ with 17- and 18-inch diameters.

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