Gibbs Aquada

Gibbs Aquada

The Gibbs Aquada is a high speed amphibious vehicle developed by Alan Gibbs and his company Gibbs Technologies. It is capable of speeds over 100 mph (160 km/h) on land and 30 mph (50 km/h, or 26 knots) on water. Rather than adding wheels to a boat design, or creating a car that floats, the Aquada was designed from the ground up to perform very well in both fields, with over 60 patents covering technical innovations [ [http://www.nzedge.com/features/ar-aquada.html "Alan Gibbs: Floating an idea", nzedge.com] ] .

In 2004 Richard Branson, billionaire owner of the Virgin Group, used a Gibbs Aquada to set a new record for crossing the English Channel in an amphibious vehicle. Branson cut 4 hours 20 minutes off the previous record of 6 hours, which had stood since the late 1960s. The officially recorded time was one hour 40 minutes, six seconds. [ [http://www.solarnavigator.net/sponsorship/richard_branson_amphibious_vehicle_record.htm solarnavigator.net] "(retrieved 16 July 2007)"]

Developed in the UK and Detroit [ [http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/archive/4774131/feature-what-on-earth-is-alan-gibbs-up-to-now.thtml "What on earth is Alan Gibbs up to now?", realbusiness.co.nz] ] , the Aquada is expected to go on sale in the U.S. in 2009 at a price of $85,000. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19715305/?gt1=10150 MSNBC] ]

References

ee also

* Amphicar (1961)
* Gibbs Humdinga (2006)
* Gibbs Quadski (2006)
* WaterCar
* Rinspeed SQuba

External links

* [http://www.gibbstech.co.uk Gibbs Technologies official website]

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