Thirty years after the release of James Bond movie “The Spy Who Loved Me”, someone has finally experienced the under water car driving! Swiss design company Rinspeed has created ‘sQuba’, the world’s first real submersible car. The sQuba is based on the Lotus Elise and works fine both on roads and under water! With this all-electric convertible car, you can drive to the lake in style and then dive underwater to a depth of over 30 feet.

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In sQuba, Elisa’s engine was removed and replaced by three motors — one for land driving, good for up to 75 mph, and two others for the underwater propellers. The power is supplied by rechargeable Lithium-Ion batteries.

This zero emission vehicle can transport a driver and a passenger in its open cockpit. The open cockpit design is intended to allow the occupants to escape easily in case of emergency. When underwater, the occupants breathe air carried in the vehicle through scuba-style rebreathers. Without occupants, the sQuba will surface automatically.

The functioning prototype of sQuba cost more than $1.5 million to build. Well, at present Rinspeed has no plans to start production of sQuba. Want to take a glimpse of sQuba? Go to the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, where sQuba will have it’s world debut or watch the video!