I am always impressed with the products that I hear are being produced using 3-D printing. One of my favorites so far, is the 3-D printed eco-friendly economy car Jim Kor of Kor Eco Logic is printing – he had 14 orders!
Kor is an engineer from Winnipeg, Manitoba who has designed a small two-passenger hybrid car known as the Urbee. It has a meal internal combustion engine, electric motor and frame. The Urbee was manufactured using a Stratasys Fortus printer, which prints the Urbee in 50 large blocks.
So far, it looks as though cost is a concern with the Urbee, since printing the whole car takes 2,500 hours, or nearly 3 months. However, pricing should decrease once 3-D printing becomes more mainstream.
What do you think of the Urbee concept? Or the concept of printing cars in general?
via Twin Cities
love this! am so amazed at the whole concept of 3D printing in general…totally geeks me out!
Me too! I saw a man who had part of his face missing due to an accident and they replaced it with a 3-D mask that looked almost identical to what his face should have looked like. Amazing!
WOW!!!!!