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Title: amphibious mobility
Post by: Alan Stewart on August 01, 2023, 02:32:14 AM

For years I’ve had this vision of marines riding electric motorcycles across the seabed and barreling out of the surf onto a foreign beach, much to the enemy’s surprise.

 https://electrek.co/2023/07/31/electric-retrofit-landcruiser-drives-4-miles-completely-underwater/ (https://electrek.co/2023/07/31/electric-retrofit-landcruiser-drives-4-miles-completely-underwater/)

Title: Re: amphibious mobility
Post by: Specter on August 01, 2023, 05:36:21 AM

Now that is cool!  I seen a few sites, one main one really where the car turns into a boat, you literally drive it into the water push a button and now it goes 30 mph in the water!  Can you imagine if they could integrate that into an electric vehicle!  The battery weight tho I think would be your biggest problem there.

Aaron

Title: Re: amphibious mobility
Post by: jotjotde on August 08, 2023, 11:43:34 AM

Saw this in a shop window in Valencia this year without a price tag (if you have to ask, you can't afford it).

Rich people's toys  ::)

https://manta5.com/

Title: Re: amphibious mobility
Post by: Specter on August 09, 2023, 01:17:04 AM

I think those things are pretty much only good on pretty calm waters.  If you start getting any chop then it's going to be an issue because the propulsion is not a real hot setup, it may have troubles with the surge forces.  It does look pretty neat though, I wonder what the range is on it?

Aaron