WEBVTT - Aston Martin Submarine

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<v Speaker 1>Find out if it really is better down where it's

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<v Speaker 1>wetter under the scene, why not travel in style. Aston

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<v Speaker 1>Martin has a new personal submarine. All the way. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Jonathan Strickland and this is tech stuff daily. Aston Martin

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<v Speaker 1>is a luxury car manufacturer out of England that is

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<v Speaker 1>more than a century old. In all its time and existence,

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<v Speaker 1>the company has made only around eighty thousand cars. That's

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<v Speaker 1>not eighty thousand cars per year, that's eighty thousand cars period.

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<v Speaker 1>The company's reputation is built upon expensive sports cars and

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<v Speaker 1>high end touring vehicles with elements that are crafted by hand.

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<v Speaker 1>It's that level of craftsmanship that commands the high prices

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<v Speaker 1>for Aston Martin vehicles. The fictional Superspy James Bond has

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<v Speaker 1>been known to drive an Aston Martin on occasion, though,

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<v Speaker 1>as cars tend to come with options not available to

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<v Speaker 1>your average wealthy sports car enthusiast, and now the company

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<v Speaker 1>is working on a personal submarine. Aston Martin announced the

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<v Speaker 1>project at the Monaco Yacht Show, a gathering I am

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<v Speaker 1>almost certain never to be able to attend unless I

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<v Speaker 1>land a gig with the catering staff. The code name

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<v Speaker 1>for the submarine is Project Neptune, which seems rather fitting

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<v Speaker 1>and Aston Martin isn't going it alone. The manufacturer shows

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<v Speaker 1>Triton Submarines as a partner to design quote a strictly

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<v Speaker 1>limited edition vehicle end quote. According to the company, the

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<v Speaker 1>design is purely in concept stage, with some artistic renderings

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<v Speaker 1>showing off what it might look like once it's finished.

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<v Speaker 1>The profile view of the submarine reminds me of some

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<v Speaker 1>of the sleek helmet designs you see in games like Destiny.

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<v Speaker 1>The luxury personal submarine will hold as many as three people,

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<v Speaker 1>and you may wonder how many clams you'd have to

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<v Speaker 1>PLoP down to own a sweet little machine like that.

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<v Speaker 1>According to Merrick Reichman, the chief creative officer for Aston Martin,

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<v Speaker 1>the price tag will run in the neighborhood of four

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<v Speaker 1>million dollars. According to Bloomberg Pursuits, the submarine will be

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<v Speaker 1>able to travel at three nautical miles per hour, which

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<v Speaker 1>translates to about three and a half miles per hour

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<v Speaker 1>up on land. It can dive to about one thousand,

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<v Speaker 1>six hundred fifty feet. You won't be using this baby

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<v Speaker 1>to study the Mariannest Trench, in other words, but you

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<v Speaker 1>can really impress some scuba divers. Clearly, the market for

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<v Speaker 1>these submarines is pretty small. It's a collection of incredibly

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<v Speaker 1>wealthy people who are growing increasingly bored of this mundane existence.

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<v Speaker 1>We are all trapped within, and they must find something

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<v Speaker 1>amusing to keep their attention and avoid slipping into malaise. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm over in our company's break room trying to avoid

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<v Speaker 1>slipping in mayonnaise. It's a different world. Lest you think

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<v Speaker 1>Aston Martin is unique in the personal submarine world, allow

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<v Speaker 1>me to educate you as to your alternatives. Should you

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<v Speaker 1>find yourself in possession of an enormous amount of cash

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<v Speaker 1>and a desire to live out your fantasy of being

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<v Speaker 1>Jacques Cousteau. For the low price of eighty thousand dollars,

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<v Speaker 1>you can purchase a Sea Breacher X. It's a submersible vehicle.

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<v Speaker 1>It's shape and paint job make it look like a

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<v Speaker 1>shark with a windshield, which might very well be the

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<v Speaker 1>coolest sentence to ever be spoken on a podcast. This

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<v Speaker 1>is more of a recreational vehicle and isn't meant to

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<v Speaker 1>go on actual dives. At most, you would tend to

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<v Speaker 1>go a few feet below the surface of the water

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<v Speaker 1>for just a few seconds at a time, but you

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<v Speaker 1>can direct it so that you can leap out at

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<v Speaker 1>a nearly ninety degree angle with respect to the ocean surface,

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<v Speaker 1>which is totally boss. The Deep Light Dragon submarine, which

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<v Speaker 1>retails for about one and a half million dollars, is

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<v Speaker 1>a different beast. It's an all electric vehicle that can

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<v Speaker 1>dive well below the surface and can tool around underwater

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<v Speaker 1>for six hours before requiring a recharge. There are a

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<v Speaker 1>few other submarines that are meant to launch from yachts,

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<v Speaker 1>such as the Ocean Pearl, which can hold two people

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<v Speaker 1>and dive to three thousand, three hundred feet. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>whole line of subs from Aurora that range from a

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<v Speaker 1>three person sub on the smaller side to a six

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<v Speaker 1>person sub on the I have enough money to convince

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<v Speaker 1>five people to get into a glass bubble and dive

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<v Speaker 1>deep into the ocean with me side of the scale.

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<v Speaker 1>Typically you have to inquire with the companies to find

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<v Speaker 1>out how much these things cost, and as a rule

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<v Speaker 1>of thumb, if you have to ask, you can't afford it.

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<v Speaker 1>I've resigned myself to the fact that I will likely

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<v Speaker 1>never set foot on any of these submersibles and find

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<v Speaker 1>out what it's like to ride in one for myself.

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<v Speaker 1>But I do find it fascinating that such a market

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<v Speaker 1>can even exist. If you are immensely wealthy and you

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<v Speaker 1>have your own private submarine, consider inviting me out to

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<v Speaker 1>ride in it. To learn more about how submarines work

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<v Speaker 1>and explore other topics such as underwater habitats. Subscribe to

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast tech Stuff. You can find deep dives Unintended

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<v Speaker 1>on all sorts of topics related to technology. That's all

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<v Speaker 1>for me for now, See you next time. Wh