A more serious version of the submarine car is the sQuba, a sporty little two-seater made by Rinspeed in Switzerland. It’s all electric, utilizing rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. It can do 75 miles per hour on land, 3.7 miles per hour on the surface of the water, and 1.9 miles per hour underwater.
But Rinspeed decided to keep things wet. The sQuba has an open cab, which may seem weird for a submersible, but turns out to be for safety reasons. If anything goes wrong the “crew” can easily escape. Driver and passenger breathe air through built in scuba type diving regulators. Only the prototype exists right now, and it cost a mere $1.5 million to build.
Rinspeed hopes to have production models come in at below “Rolls-Royce prices.”
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Should we hold our collective breath?
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