3d printed cars?

[Ericlobster]

Not sure if this was a publicity stunt but if it's true, I'm definitely looking forward to learn more about it.

Audi made a fully working car using something called '3d printing'. They way it works is you upload a design in these printing machines and out pops a fully working car.

Audi's 3d Printed Car

My assumption is these things are probably made in parts?

Still quite impressive. It also seems like they have these files all over the place like for this Audi Lamp holder.

https://pinshape.com/items/32751-3d-...der-audi100-44

I probably won't be able to make a full on car anytime soon but man I would love to print out my own custom parts. Has anyone tried or heard about this?

[Draigflag]

Printed cars have many benefits, they are very environmentally friendly, even with a ICE fitted, their lifetime emissions are much lower than electric cars for example, when you take mining the raw earth materials, transportation etc. I'd like to see more printed with recycled plastic. This company below just signed a deal with Peugeot, looking forward to seeing the future of the printed car.

https://www.psfk.com/2017/01/fully-3...facturing.html

[Ericlobster]

@Draigflag - 100% agree. I would take it another step further. If we can replace plastic, that would be just great.

[trollbait]

When it comes to cars made in the tens of thousands each year, traditional manufacturing is more cost effect, even when switching to a new material like plastic. The advantage is in prototyping for the big car companies.

Got to be careful when it comes to recycling plastic into critical things like load bearing car parts and food containers. It does not stand up to repeated melting and casting like metals do. Long term, it might work out to be better to convert plastic back into a syn-crude.

[leoparker990]

3d printed cars are Environmentally friendly cars with lighter weight and have many benefits like no moving parts can go wrong, little or no numb bodywork any more, easy to customize and affordable cars around ($17,000-$35,000).

[EyesFit]

Originally Posted by Ericlobster

Not sure if this was a publicity stunt but if it's true, I'm definitely looking forward to learn more about it.

Audi made a fully working car using something called '3d printing'. They way it works is you upload a design in these printing machines and out pops a fully working car.

https://printerhow.com
My assumption is these things are probably made in parts?

Still quite impressive. It also seems like they have these files all over the place like for this Audi Lamp holder.

https://pinshape.com/items/32751-3d-...der-audi100-44

I probably won't be able to make a full on car anytime soon but man I would love to print out my own custom parts. Has anyone tried or heard about this?

Anyway, it's a bespoke DIN kit for the radio because the one I bought a while back didn't even come close to fitting, as well as a removable phone mount that I've secured with Velcro. Although I still need to paint and sand the parts, I'm happy with how they turned out!

My Ender 3 Pro, which I've owned for approximately three weeks, was used to print this. I created all of the parts in Solidworks and printed them with whatever PLA I had on hand (I will probably need to print them in PETG or something similarly resilient for the summer months).

[JockoT]

I watched a car programme the other night and they got some parts 3D printed. The firm that did it also does 3D printing in metal! Showed manifold parts for a sports car.

[trollbait]

It's unlikely that we'll see 3d printed cars in any meaningful scale. it can't beat current mass production on cost. Maybe it is worth it for low production models. It's real is in R&D where it can provide prototypes for lower cost and faster times.

[visorX]

Originally Posted by trollbait

It's unlikely that we'll see 3d printed cars in any meaningful scale. it can't beat current mass production on cost. Maybe it is worth it for low production models. It's real is in R&D where it can provide prototypes for lower cost and faster times.

My friend recently got hooked on 3D printing and his new project is making a 3D-printed RC vehicles. We'll just finish installing the new suspension and tires from 4Wheelonline onto his truck and he'll make a mini version of it.