Unfortunately, you’ll get a bit wet.
Rinspeed, a boutique automotive design company, plans on blowing away the upcoming Geneva auto show with its sQuba concept, a car that swims underwater, drives autonomously on land, and is emission-free. The car, based on a Lotus Elise, uses an electric motor to drive the wheels on land, plus two other motors to drive propellers underwater. According to Rinspeed, it uses a laser system to detect obstacles ahead so that it can drive itself. Rinspeed released video of the sQuba, showing that it really can swim underwater.
The cabin’s not enclosed, so if you decide to play Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea , I wouldn’t recommend wearing your best tux. (There’s a built-in air tank, so you’ll be able to breathe, assuming you remembered to fill it up.)
Balance
February 15, 2008, 10:43pm
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Well, at least it wouldn’t drown out when the road floods. I wonder how it handles in crosscurrents?
I saw that in the Toronto Star today.
That’s one way of handling drive-through car washes, I guess. Does it come with a carpoon ?
Ooooooh. One way of beating the commute.
Declan
February 16, 2008, 7:29am
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Tuckerfan:
Unfortunately, you’ll get a bit wet. The cabin’s not enclosed, so if you decide to play Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea , I wouldn’t recommend wearing your best tux. (There’s a built-in air tank, so you’ll be able to breathe, assuming you remembered to fill it up.)
What the navy seals are currently driving , lol.
Declan
Interesting car, but did they HAVE to sacrifice an Elise for that?
Provided, of course, that you don’t run into any of the inevitable boats and logs and whatnot that has to be at the bottom of Lake Union.