Squba - First Road Cum Water Car
Written by Pratik on July 9th, 2008 in Amazing Stuffs, Automobiles.
Squba, developed by Swiss company Rinspeed, is a Amphibian Car and the first of its kind !! It runs like a normal car on the road and can swim in water too. Now people dont need to dream of the fantasy car that James Bond used, as everyone can own one.
The 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).[5]
