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| leph555 |
| quote: | This is the sQuba, a concept—but very real—car devised by James Bond fanatic Frank Rinderknecht who, when he's not channelling the spirit of 007's gadget mentor Q, designs classic concept cars for a living. The amphibious two-seater has been made from a Lotus Elise, with three electric motors replacing the petrol engine—one powers the back wheels, while the other two work the specially-designed propellers.
Top speed is 75mph on land, 4mph on water and 2mph below the surface. The zero-emission vehicle is powered by rechargeable li-ion batteries and dives to 10 meters and, once submerged, can stay underwater for up to two hours.
All this technology, however, comes at a very steep price. Costing almost $1.5 million to build, the car, which will be on show at next month's Geneva Motor Show, will never enter production. "We don't plan to build it, even in a limited capacity," says Rinderknecht. "But if someone wants to take up the project that would be great. I'm sure there will be people interested in buying one." |
You can view a video of the car in action here
http://gizmodo.com/356883/squba-sub...t-amazingly-fun |
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| Acton |
thats ace!
you could use it to cross the english channel undetected into france, would save you getting the ferry anyway, it would pay for itself after about 4646 trips |
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| kadomony |
| i still say it's fake. |
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| Abercrombie |
I always wanted one of these as a kid;
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| Pokit |
| Free car washes! :D |
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| DJ Juno |
it's a chop.
j/k lol.. thats pretty bad ass |
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| nchs09 |
| Only 10 meters? useless. |
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| wesleysnipez |
| Looks cool and if convert to feet thats 32 ft and 9.70078 in and to shallow of a ride because you still get spotted easy if water is clear. Still you get spotted if the country's water ways have sonar in the water to spot you on scope. Because I know USA has sonar net hiding in water 100 miles out to track emeny Subs and all. One many hidden secrets of our government and all lol |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by wesleysnipez
Looks cool and if convert to feet thats 32 ft and 9.70078 in and to shallow of a ride because you still get spotted easy if water is clear. |
Spotted easy? Wtf :haha: |
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| wesleysnipez |
| Spotted easy if you can see that deep in clear blue water. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by wesleysnipez
Spotted easy if you can see that deep in clear blue water. |
Who the are you trying to get away from in your underwater car mate? :haha: |
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