Rinspeed presents the sQuba, the world’s first real submersible car, at this year’s International Geneva Motor Show.

Powered by three electric motors all located in the rear, this truly all-weather, all-environment and all-terrain little roadster is able to move with style on the road, and fly underwater with relative ease. Of these three motors, one provides propulsion on land, while the other two drive the screws for underwater motoring.

This car is no sluggish beast underwater; as the twin Seabob jet drives located at the front ensure that one would not look out of place and plodding along underwater. An integrated tank of compressed air supplies air for the driver and passenger and the roof is kept open for safety purposes, in cases of an emergency exit.

The sQuba surfaces itself when there are no occupants, and is further equipped with the ability for autonomous driving on land, thanks to a sophisticated laser sensor system from the Hamburg company Ibeo. This can be done without human intervention in its operations.

Completing this, is a VDO instrument cluster and controls that are equally effective at systems management of this vehicle and maintaining a futuristic ambiance while submerged.

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries keep the Swiss-made sQuba always ready for your fantasy ride beneath the waves, bringing to life a screen fantasy from the espionage world of James Bond. The martini, regrettably, would have to remain on dry land.

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