“Picture an assembly line not that isn’t made up of robotic arms spewing sparks to weld heavy steel, but a warehouse of plastic-spraying printers producing light, cheap and highly efficient automobiles. Urbee’s approach to maximum miles per gallon starts with lightweight construction – something that 3-D printing is particularly well suited for. The designers were able to focus more on the optimal automobile physics, rather than working to install a hyper efficient motor in a heavy steel-body automobile. Jim Kor is the engineering brains behind the Urbee. Between teaching classes, he heads Kor Ecologic, the firm responsible for the 3-D printed creation.”
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/02/3d-printed-car/
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