Rinspeed will present its new sQuba, the worlds first diving car, at the
Geneva Motor Show (March 6-16). The car is not only able to drive on
roads autonomously with a push of a button (thus without a driver,
passenger or further assistance), but 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.
