Automotive 3D Printing
Lamborghini Revuelto Gets Stainless Steel 3D Printed Upgrade from Markforged FX10
About a year ago, Markforged announced that it had enabled metal compatibility for its latest-generation composite printer, the FX10, thanks to a print engine adaptor optimized for two different kinds…
MacLean-Fogg & Fraunhofer ILT Make 156 Kg 3D Printed Toyota Tooling Insert
Fastener & tooling firm MacLean-Fogg Company and Fraunhofer ILT have created a 156 kg conformally cooled die casting insert, made out of the firm’s own L-40 tool steel powder. This…
BMW Makes 4,000 3D Printed Sand Cores Per Day
A LinkedIn post concerning BMW’s new Gen6 electric engine at the IAA Mobility (Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung) show in Munich has made a lot of people speculate if it was made with…
Divergent Raises $290 Million: Beyond the Numbers
Divergent Technologies has raised $290 million in a Series E round, giving the firm a $2.3 billion valuation. The round included $250 million in equity capital and $40 million in…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 30, 2025: Hybrid Construction, FEA Simulation, & More
We’re covering a variety of applications in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, starting with construction. Then it’s on to automotive 3D printing and 3D printed drones. We’ll end with…
3DPOD 268: AM for IndyCar with Kory Drake, Arrow McLaren
Kory Drake grew up surrounded by the fumes of motor oil and gasoline. With a family steeped in racing and race engineering, he naturally ended up working for racing teams….
E-Beam OEM Wayland Additive Partners with USC Racing to 3D Print Titanium Exhaust Collector
Every year, standards organization SAE International holds a competition called Formula SAE, in which students from both undergraduate and graduate programs design, build, and race small formula-style race cars. For…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 11, 2025: Sustainability, Automotive Tooling, & More
We’re starting with sustainability news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as EOS has strengthened its commitment on climate responsibility, and Zestep is making 3D printing filament out of eyewear…
Conflux Technology’s 3D Printed Heat Exchangers On Board the Pagani Utopia
Italian fine car manufacturer Pagani is to work with Conflux Technology, putting its 3D printed heat exchangers on board the Pagani Utopia. The Utopia Roadster starts at over $2 million,…
Will the Slate Truck Usher in a New Era of 3D Printing Car Customization?
In 2021, we wrote an article about the auto industry perhaps ushering in a new era of coach building. With an electric car putting most of its components in a…
Conflux and Donkervoort Bring 3D Printing to Water Charge Air Coolers
Dutch car manufacturer Donkervoort is perhaps best known for its classically styled minimalist roadsters. A few years ago, the firm moved to carbon fiber, kitted-out much more aggressively, styled higher…
University of Illinois Launches AM Research Center with $8M DoD Backing
The Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded $8.15 million to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to support the establishment of an additive manufacturing (AM) research center at the Grainger College…
3D Printing News Briefs, April 16, 2025: AM Award Winners, Cold Spray, Drones, & More
We’ve got some more news from last week’s RAPID+TCT to kick off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then moving on to some interesting pieces of military AM news. Read…
Custom Car Parts, Flame Retardant Material, & More HP Innovations at RAPID
HP had a very busy week at RAPID+TCT, announcing several of its latest collaborations and innovations in polymer and metal 3D printing. Its new solutions are meant to scale production,…
Q5D’s Wiring Robot Could Save Carmakers $200 Per Vehicle
UK-based company Q5D Technology will launch what it calls the world’s first robotic system to automate the production of wiring harnesses, a part of every vehicle that’s usually made by…
Bosch Invests €6M into Serial Auto Part 3D Printing
German industrial conglomerate Robert Bosch GmbH, the world’s largest supplier of automotive parts, has announced a new investment into Nuremberg, Germany additive manufacturing (AM) facility. The nearly €6 million in…
NASCAR’s Legacy Motor Club Turns to BigRep for 3D Printed Rocker Extension Skirts
Legacy Motor Club, the NASCAR team owned by racing legends Jimmie Johnson and Richard Petty, recently had to produce new parts to conform to NASCAR regulations issued in the fall…
3D Printing News Briefs & Events Roundup: March 15, 2025
In this weekend’s combined 3D Printing News Briefs and Webinars/Events Roundup, we’re covering news about automotive and construction 3D printing, along with AM Forum, TCT Asia, the Experience Stratasys Tour,…
3DPOD 241: AM Applications and Strategy with Ronen Lebi, Machina Labs CBO
Ronen Lebi has held extensive roles at Stratasys and served on the boards of numerous 3D printing startups. In this episode of the 3DPOD, Lebi’s history leads us to a…
Researchers Evaluate 3D Printing for Headlight Lens Manufacturing
When we hear about 3D printing lenses for optical applications, it’s often for eyewear. But a group of researchers from Tunghai University in Taiwan are looking into the technology for…
Joe Scarbo’s Hypertruck and the Future of 3D Printing in Performance Vehicles
When Joe Scarbo takes the stage at the 2025 Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) Conference, he will bring with him a career forged at the intersection of motorsports engineering and…
American Axle & Manufacturing Acquires GKN Powder Metallurgy and GKN Automotive for $1.44B
American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM), a publicly listed supplier of automotive driveline and drivetrain components headquartered in Detroit, has acquired Dowlais Group plc, the parent company of GKN Automotive and…
AMT and IMTS Advance AM Implementation: Delivering Comprehensive Overview and Granular Details
When you want to create a summary of current trends within the additive manufacturing (AM) ecosystem, do you think on a galactic scale or drill down to the planetary level?…
3D Systems and Daimler Buses Team up for Spare Part Production
3D Systems and Daimler Truck and Buses have introduced a new way to produce spare parts using 3D printing. Their solution decentralizes production, allowing parts to be printed on-demand, closer…
