Urbee 3D Printed Car is Ready for Production

摘要

In collaboration with Stratasys, inventor Jim Kor is building a car using additive manufacturing (AM) to produce the parts. The Urbee first came to light a few years ago, when Kor first rolled out his prototype vision of what the car would look like, but now Kor claims he's ready to begin production. According to Kor, the Urbee could only be manufactured using 3D printing. The complex internal geometries and customization offered by AM allowed him to design every piece and panel, with the result that the Urbee has far fewer parts than other vehicles, and is lighter to boot. Kor has used AM to combine the parts into complete sections.