Fiction is turning into reality day by day. Thirty years after we saw Roger Moore driving a car underwater in ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’, the scene has become reality. Rinspeed, a Swiss automobile company launched sQuba, the first underwater car of the world. It is a concept car that will be unveiled by the company in the Geneva Motor Show, to be held in March 2008. sQuba can drive both on road as well as under water.
You just need to push a button and the car can scuba dive up to 10 meters (33 feet) under the sea. Rinspeed has made use of cutting-edge technology to make the ‘amphibian’ car. sQuba boasts of a steel chassis and has extremely lightweight body panels, which have been made up of carbon nanotubes. While on road, the car makes use of an electric motor that provides rear-wheel drive. As soon as it goes under water, it makes use of the two propellers in the stern.
There are also two jet drives in the bow, which aid the vehicle in propelling forward. Another plus point of sQuba is that it gives out zero emissions and thus, presents no risk of polluting the sea. Even on road, the environmental-friendly feature of the car is a big plus. sQuba is a two-seater car that also has a self-contained on-board oxygen system. Thus, the driver as well as the passenger can easily have fresh air for breathing underwater. For now, sQuba is only a concept car and there is no plan of mass-producing it in the near future.
