WoWoW: First road car produced with a 3D printer

via wired.co.uk

Excerpt:

"A prototype for an electric vehicle -- code named Urbee -- is the first to have its entire body built with a 3D printer.

Stratasys and Winnipeg engineering group Kor Ecologic have partnered to create the electric/liquid fuel hybrid, which can deliver more than 200 miles per gallon on the motorway and 100 miles per gallon in the city.

The two-passenger hybrid aims to be fuel efficient, easy to repair, safe to drive and inexpensive to own.

All exterior components -- including the glass panel prototypes -- were created using Dimension 3D Printers and Fortus 3D Production Systems at Stratasys’ digital manufacturing service -- RedEye on Demand...."

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