Since June, the term “Looking at the Sea” has entered the top few spots in the popular search of Baidu search. The "sea" here refers to the disaster caused by heavy rain. Since entering the Mei, a torrential rain hit major cities in the country, and even Nanjing, a landlocked region, has been unable to escape. After the heavy rain in Beijing, someone said on the Internet: “The most romantic thing I can think of is to watch the sea with you in Beijing. After the torrential rain in Nanjing, the netizen went on to say: “Looking at the sea does not have to go to Beijing, Nanjing’s Seascape is as good! ”

Faced with such an ocean view, many office workers have suffered a lot of headaches. Many plots are too deep. After a private car is driven in, it cannot be started. It can only wait for rain to recede. At this time, many people are thinking: Is there a car that can run unimpeded in the water? Can the scene of rising water heights appear in real life?

The answer is yes, this kind of car is an amphibian.

The development of amphibious vehicles can be traced back hundreds of years of history. The first amphibious vehicle on record was invented by American Oliver Evans in 1805. In order to be able to swim in the water, Oliver Evans installed axles and paddle wheels on the car, using the engine flywheel shaft belts and pulleys to drive the paddle wheels. When the amphibious vehicle arrived in the water, the paddle wheel at the rear began to work. A more accurate description of Oliver Evans's invention should be called "a steam-powered wheeled boat." Judging from its structure and use, the invention is a car that can only walk in water. The real amphibious amphibious vehicle that was photographed was supposed to be an amphibious vehicle that was built for the Austrian army during the First World War. However, due to various reasons, the vehicle was not mass-produced.

The earliest record of an amphibious vehicle

Zuo Dejun equipped the Type 82 military vehicle and the right 166 amphibious vehicle. At the beginning, the amphibious vehicle was only used in the military, and there was no breakthrough in the civilian field. At most, it was used for disaster relief. However, with the development of science and technology, more and more people have turned their attention to amphibious vehicles. Experts in the world’s automobile manufacturing industry believe that amphibious vehicles will be popular throughout the 21st century, and humans can directly drive through the ocean. Travel the world's long-cherished wishes.

The earliest civilian ambhibious vehicles appeared about 100 years ago, and trade in this area has always been dominated by European manufacturers. However, the original vehicle has many drawbacks. For example, some vehicles raise a lot of dust when driving on the expressway, and most of the vehicles are running at a slow and unbearable speed, and they cannot solve the problem of dragging the wheels while driving on the water. Between 1961 and 1968, Germany produced a large-scale amphibious vehicle on a large scale. This type of vehicle can travel up to 113 kilometers per hour on land, but its performance on the water is far from satisfactory. It can only travel 11.3 kilometers an hour. Therefore, this kind of scenery can't escape the fate of being eliminated. In the mid-1990s, New Zealand entrepreneur Alan Gibbs founded Gibbs Technologies in Nuneaton, England, to develop the first high-speed amphibious vehicle. After seven years of hard work, the first high-speed amphibious vehicle was introduced in 2003. During this period, many countries have designed their own amphibious transport.

The Netherlands is a country with a very low topography. Many countries are below sea level. Therefore, the practicality of amphibious vehicles in the country is even more pressing. Because of this, the Netherlands launched an amphibious bus to operate in Rotterdam and attracted a large number of tourists. It is reported that this bus itself can attract many tourists and become a new urban landscape.

The “Payson” developed by the Americans, on the land, is a self-made high-speed car. It is a bit like the hybrid of the “Avalanche” and “Corvette” of the Chevrolet. After launching, Payson is a Polished wooden dash and leather seat 20-foot luxury yacht, and can accelerate from 0 to 60 km/h in 4.5 seconds

Earlier this year, Japan launched an amphibious taxi in Osaka. Osaka people can beckon to call taxis by the river, and amphibious taxis will safely transport them from the river to a place in the city center where they want to go.

The fastest amphibious vehicle in the world is Python. Python is equipped with Corvette ZR1's V8 engine. Although the maximum speed on land is only 161km/h, its fastest title is obtained on water. The Python's streamlined bottom with a dedicated Dominator waterjet allows it to reach water speeds of up to 60 miles per hour (equivalent to nearly 100km/h!), so Python is arguably the world's fastest amphibious vehicle. .

China's amphibious vehicle is an ordinary peasant brother in China who has spent half of his life making and inventing it. Apart from the car's engine he purchased, all other accessories are made by his own workshop (of course, the Spray paint is sprayed by a company free of charge. The German amphibian was created by nine engineers in seven years. The Chinese amphibious vehicle was built by an ordinary peasant brother in his workshop for 13 years.

From the outside, this is a streamlined sports car. When the front doors of the two doors open slowly upward, they “long” out a pair of unique “wings” that can reach speeds of up to 120 kilometers per hour. What is even more amazing is that this car can also travel in the water at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour, like a winged seagull.

This is the “Amphibious New Concept Recreational Sports Car” that was developed by Wang Hongjun, a vehicle repairman in Qian’an City, Hebei Province for many years.

If you really have such an amphibious vehicle, maybe the sea can't stop you!