Presents the first car in the world printed on a 3D printer

Local Motors in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (laboratory of the U.S. Department of energy) at the International Manufacturing Show presented the project the world's first car to be printed on a 3D printer. The vehicle is named Strati.

The purpose of creating this car is to prove to the critics that the three-dimensional printing method is too slow and too expensive for mass production. Printing auto carried out directly at the exhibition in the eyes of the visitors.

Giant 3D-printer, the size of a room, layer by layer creates the chassis and body of carbon fiber, however, such components as electric motor, seats, wheels, tyres and windscreen Local Motors produces in the usual way.

The body of the car will have a dull black color, unlike cars, made of metal. However, the developers claim that in the future this will be fixed with the help of different mixtures of plastics and fibers, causing the surface of the car will get a glossy sheen of metal.

After the manufacture of the body, especially an automated tool will give him the necessary form and put a hole 32 for further bolt main parts. The car will consist of only 47 parts, while a typical car has over 20,000 parts, reports the Wall Street Journal.

The initial version of the car will have to drive at a speed of 65 kilometers per hour. CEO of Local Motors John Rogers Jr (John B. Rogers) argues that charge of the car will last for a distance of 193 to 245 km.

Selling Strati will have to begin in a few months. The cost will vary from 18 000 to 30 000 dollars, depending on the characteristics that buyers want. However, in order for a car could drive on motorways, Strati must obtain a safety certificate.published



Source: hi-news.ru