Automobiles are taking strides nowadays that could revolutionize the whole industry. Car manufacturers are trying new things and then putting reality to their imagination and design.
Meet Blade. This is the world’s first 3-D printed car.
Divergent Microfactories, a company based in California, and founded by Kevin Czinger, believes that strides have been taken to redesign the cars, but the process of manufacturing is becoming dirtier. So, they vowed to make this car, whose chassis is printed out of a 3-D printer.
Here are its characteristics:
Chassis – printed out of a printer
Chassis material – Carbon fiber
Weight – under 1,400 lb (635 kg)
Acceleration –Â 0-60 m.p.h. in just 2.2 seconds
Horse Power – 700 HP
This makes this an incredibly fast car. With all of these characteristics and an added advantage of super speed, this could revolutionize the whole car industry.
Why 3-D printing?
1. This can change the way the structural components of any car are fabricated.
2. Even the most fuel efficient car has a large carbon footprint long after those have left the plant.
3. A car’s total emissions come from the materials and energy required to manufacture it. If we change that process, it would be a major impact on saving the environment.
4. If it makes the car light and super fast, then there should be no qualms anyway.
Looks heavy on promises, right? Coming in the year 2016, this car would surely require huge bank balance to be bought. Till then, let me save my money and wait patiently! 🙂