Rinspeed Concept Car sQuba

16.12.2007

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The worlds first real diving car with zero emission power

Is it just a clever computer animation or maybe more a fiction from a Hollywood movie? Or is it actually a real car sitting there? Many visitors to the upcoming Geneva Motor Show (March 6th thru 16th, 2008) will ask themselves just these questions when faced with the new Rinspeed creation sQuba - the worlds first real diving car. This astonishing concept vehicle from the renowned Swiss powerhouse for new designs and ideas looks almost like it is just came out of a James Bond movie.

Its capabilities not only to drive on roads - and this also autonomously at a push of a button (thus without a driver, passenger or further assistance) - but also to agitate as an amphibious vehicle and to protrude to water depth of up to 10 meters (33 feet) go beyond the scope of many human virtues of imagination.

For Rinspeed boss Frank M. Rinderknecht the "sQuba" symbolizes the realization of a long-cherished dream and of movie fictions - of which the perhaps the most noted out of the James Bond film hit "The spy who loved me". "And exactly thirty years later this amazing - yet at the time animated - film sequence materializes and becomes reality, in today's world", says Rinderknecht.

Definitely part of the material world is the power of the concept car: A torque laden electric motor drives the rear wheels, the propulsion on the water is ensured by two propellers in the stern and two powerful jet drives in the bow propel the vehicle under water while diving. With zero emissions, zero pollution in the seven seas of this world. The light weight body with components made of futuristic Carbon Nano Tubes encloses in a streamlined manner the driver and passenger who are supplied with fresh breathing air by the self-contained on-bord system.

A new and fascinating world is opening to the occupants of the "sQuba" which will remain - as its predecessors - most likely a unique and exclusive one-off vehicle. But: Attention guaranteed.

The partners and suppliers in the "sQuba" project are:

AEZ Leichtmetallräder GmbH - www.aez-wheels.com

Bayer MaterialScience - www.bayermaterialscience.com / www.baytubes.com

Bundesamt für Energie - www.bfe.admin.ch

Esoro AG - www.esoro.ch

HS Genion GmbH - www.hsgenion.de

Ibeo Automobile Sensor GmbH - www.ibeo-as.com

KGS Diamond Group AG - www.kgsdiamond.com
KW automotive GmbH - www.kw-gmbh.de

Motorex Bucher Langenthal AG - www.motorex.com

Pirelli Tyre (Europe) SA - www.pirelli.com

Rotinor GmbH - www.seabob.com

ScubaPro Inc. - www.scubapro.com

Sharp Electronics - www.sharp.ch

Strähle + Hess GmbH & Co. KG - www.straehle-hess.de
Schwaller Movement Engineering AG
SiemensVDO Automotive AG - www.siemensvdo.com

TECHNICAL DATA

Measurements
Length	3'785 mm
Width	1''820 mm
Height	1'117 mm
Wheelbase	2300 mm
Track front	1470 mm
Track rear	1520 mm
Ground clearance	130 mm
Empty weight	approx. 920kg

Performances
Top speed	dba
Acceleration 0-100 km/h	dba
Water speed	dba
Under water speed	dba
Dive depth	10 m

Engines
Street	Electric
Power output	37 kW
at	4'500 /min
Torque	160 NM
at	1'500 /min
Water - Stern propellers	Electric
Power output
Diving - bow jet drives	Electric
Power output	2 x 3.6 kW Rotinor
Batteries	Lithium-Ionen
Voltage	4 x 48 Volt

Propulsion Power train Rear wheel

Drive

Gearbox R - N - F

Suspension

Chassis Steel

Body panels Carbon Nano Tubes

Seating capacity2

Front suspension Double wishbone

Rear suspension Double wishbone

Dampers/springs

KW automotive

Steering

Rack & pinion

Tires

Front tires Pirelli P Zero 205/40 R17 Front wheels AEZ 7.5 x 17"

Rear tires Pirelli P Zero 225/40 R18 Rear

wheels

AEZ 8 x 18" Miscellaneous

Air supply

1 x 15 liter + 1 x 18 liter

ScubaPro

Laser scanner Ibeo

Lubricants Motorex