Rinspeed sQuba : Amphibious Car

November 8th, 2011 admin

Rinspeed sQuba – the world’s first diving car, will be premiered at the Geneva Motorshow this year. Have you still remember my previous post about this underwater car? This wonderful Rinspeed sQuba car may dive up to 10 m on water depth. However, this car is the real deal, unlike Roger Moore when drove a submersible car in ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’… That’s just a movie trick. This marvelous car will be the Car of the Year because of its technology for diving at underwater area.

The Rinspeed sQuba is a zero-emission, all electric vehicle which uses three electric motors, one for land travel and two for water. It drives on land powered by its electric rear-wheel drive powertrain, utilizing rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Upon entering water, it floats on the surface until the operator floods the interior to submerge it. It can be submerged to a depth of 10 metres (33 ft), powered by twin electric-powered propellers supplemented by two Seabob water jets. It “flies” when underwater, like a submarine, as it is not designed to drive along the surface at the bottom of the water. The car’s top land speed is 120 km/h (75 mph). On the surface of water, the top speed is 6 km/h (3.2 kn; 3.7 mph) and underwater it is 3 km/h (1.6 kn; 1.9 mph).

The Rinspeed sQuba can transport a driver and passenger in its open cockpit. The open cockpit design is intended to allow the occupants to escape easily in case of emergency. When underwater, the occupants breathe air carried in the vehicle through scuba-style diving regulators. Without occupants, the sQuba will surface automatically.

Amphibious Car Rinspeed sQuba

The twin water jets mounted on rotating louvers at the front of the vehicle provide steering and lift while it is underwater and the propellers at the rear provide forward movement.

The vehicle’s interior is water and salt resistant so that it can be driven in the ocean.
The sQuba also comes equipped with a laser sensor system made by autonomous cruise control system manufacturer Ibeo to allow autonomous operation.

Amphibious Car Rinspeed sQuba Interior

Definitely part of the material world is the power of the concept car: An electric motor with powerful torque drives the rear wheels. The propulsion on the water is ensured by two propellers in the stern and two powerful jet drives in the bow propel the vehicle under water while diving. With zero emissions, zero pollution in the seven seas of this world.

Amphibious Car Rinspeed sQuba Under Water Video

The light weight body with components made of futuristic Carbon Nano Tubes encloses in a streamlined manner the driver and passenger who are supplied with fresh breathing air by the self-contained on-board system.

A new and fascinating world is opening to the occupants of the “sQuba” which will remain most likely – as its predecessors – a unique and exclusive one-off vehicle. But: Attention guaranteed.

Rinspeed sQuba Specification

Manufacturer	Rinspeed
Production	Concept car completed in 2008
Assembly	Zumikon, Switzerland
Class	Amphibious convertible
Body style	2-door convertible
Layout	Rear-wheel drive
Engine	Street: 54 kW electric Propeller: 2 × 800 W electric Blow jets: 2 × 3.6 kW Rotinor
Transmission	R – N – F
Wheelbase	2,300 mm (91 in)
Length	3,785 mm (149.0 in)
Width	1,940 mm (76 in)
Height	1,117 mm (44.0 in)
Related	Lotus Exige

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