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Killer 3D Printing Applications: Specialty Vehicles, Part Two
In the last post in this series, I looked at the overall market for specialty vehicles, including the types of automobiles that comprise it, some of the manufacturers, and the…
Killer 3D Printing Applications: Specialty Vehicles, Part One
If we look at the past three decades of deploying additive manufacturing (AM) in the real world, we can find a few killer applications that have commercialized technologies and spread…
GE Trades 3D Printed Generator Tech for Stake in EV Startup Hyliion
General Electric (GE) announced that the company has sold generator technology developed by the company’s additive manufacturing (AM) division, GE Additive, to electric vehicle (EV) startup, Hyliion Holdings Corporation. The…
Czinger Vehicles Debuts New 3D Printed Hypercars
Last week, at The Quail Motorsports Gathering in Carmel-By-The-Sea, California, Czinger Vehicles debuted two new hypercars that will join the company’s first offering, the 21C. In addition to the 21C…
GM’s New Cadillac CELESTIQ to Feature Over 100 3D Printed Parts
The Cadillac CELESTIQ is the wildest car name ever—like the name of a futuristic rocket vehicle from Spy Kids. It’s like a name for a space ship or a fever…
BMW Creates Fully Automated Production Lines for 3D Printed Car Parts
Three years ago, 12 companies and research institutions working at the intersection of the German automotive and additive manufacturing (AM) industries formed a consortium for the purpose of completing a…
Porsche Already Delivering On Its Concept For Partially 3D Printed Seats
In March 2020, German automaker Porsche announced that it would begin testing a new production concept: partially 3D printed bodyform bucket seats. Now, it appears that the trajectory from the…
Can 3D Printing Help the Auto Industry Usher in a New Era for Coachbuilding?
The car industry is becoming excited about 3D printing, with players rushing to acquire systems. Mass customization cases, such as with Mini, are being piloted to get to grips with…
Ford Spain is First European Car Manufacturer to Use Formlabs Form 3L 3D Printer
For several years now, the Ford Motor Company has been using 3D printing to help make its vehicles, even getting recognized by the Automotive Innovation Awards Competition in 2018 for…
The Brittle Spear VI: Built to Last
Of course, our utopian vision of making our readymades or using digital kintsugi is a beautiful idea. If we then created a commercial aftermarket to extend the life of and…
The Brittle Spear Part V: Mine Your Den for Aftermarket 3D Printing
There is a thriving aftermarket in automobiles, including spoilers for cars, new Dubs, and, more obviously, mufflers. Air intakes that don’t take in air and optimization kits for engines are…
The Brittle Spear Part II: The Pointy End of the Stick
Roman spears were often brittle by design (perhaps). Sharp, tough spears were useful, but had the disadvantage that the weapon you threw at the enemy could be picked up and…
Company Spotlight: HRE Performance Wheels
Let’s take a quick look at the company HRE. They have an interesting value proposition and have been of recent interest with a partnership with McLaren.
Carmera Officially Launches to Gather Real-Time 3D Mapping Data for Autonomous Vehicle Makers…and Everyone Else
While it’s true that social media connects pretty much everyone these days, on a different level, roads are what physically connect us – to the grocery store, to school and work,…
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Things – Model Car Kits
When I was younger I used to love buying model car and airplane kits and assembling them. That kid would have loved having a 3D printer and being able to…
Thor3D Steps Up in Handheld 3D Scanning by Releasing Marker Kit to Scan Any Large Object
Moscow-based Thor3D is the only company effectively challenging the entry level professional handheld 3D scanning market dominance by Artec 3D. Now the young company led by Anna Zevelyov is stepping…
Chinese Company 3D Prints a Full-size Working Car for Just $1770
3D printing is going big, not just in a metaphorical sense. We have seen 3D printed buildings and cars begin to emerge as innovators look to the potential that this…
LUTZ Pathfinder Driverless Vehicle is 3D Printed in Scaled Down Form for Large Presentation
When it comes to autonomous vehicles, many people have a hard time understanding the concept. For the past 130 years, people have been the ones to drive themselves and others…
Will 3D Printing Reduce the Need for Fossil Fuels in Consumer Vehicles?
If you haven’t been living under a rock, you know that there are a lot of people screaming and yelling about oil prices and fossil fuels in general. Some are…
3D Printed Auto Parts Marketplace Seeks Funding On Indiegogo
A man from Boone, North Carolina wants to create a marketplace for 3D printed car parts and is using Indiegogo as a way to crowdfund his grand idea. Landon Crist recently…
Local Motors Chooses Top 3D Printed Car Design Winners
Local Motors is a company which plans to blow us all away at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago, Illinois, on September 8-13, 2014. There they plan on…
Legendary Ferrari 312P’s Race Engine is Refurbished, Thanks to 3D Printing and Voxeljet
The year was 1969, and Ferrari was returning from their boycott of sports car racing, after protesting a rule change the previous year, which had caused their 4-litre 330 P4…
