- Gibbs Aquada
The Gibbs Aquada is a high speed
amphibious vehicle developed byAlan 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 aboat design, or creating acar 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 theVirgin Group , used a Gibbs Aquada to set a new record for crossing theEnglish 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 andDetroit [ [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
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Amphicar (1961)
* GibbsHumdinga (2006)
* GibbsQuadski (2006)
*WaterCar
* RinspeedSQuba External links
* [http://www.gibbstech.co.uk Gibbs Technologies official website]
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