A small 3D printer would take a long time to print a car body. Then assembly would be required as electric motors have wire windings that won't print. Tires, ball and roller bearings, other parts.
This stuff cracks me up! While building the actual car may be environmentally friendly making the actual raw material to make this car is not what I would exactly call environmentally friendly but having said that this company is definitely moving in the right direction. So all we need is a less environmental impact process of raw materials. Great job guys love it!
I like the idea,the concept it's moving to the future of automotive design and production very fast in a modular way!Now let's see how many ncap stars it can get and how environmentally friendly it is!
An entire automobile unit body could be 3D printed when a large enough printer is built. Shapes and thicknesses, even materials, could vary throughout the structure to meet strength and rigidity requirements. Modifications could be made without expensive re-tooling as there would be no tooling to begin with. The outer surface could be pre-colored rather than having to paint visible surfaces. Collision repair parts could be printed as needed rather than having to manufacture and store large quantities of replacement pieces in anticipation of demand. It would even be possible to cut damaged sections out and 3D print a new section in place on the car body by a smaller printer in a body repair shop. Even after a body model is out of production the program for the original shape would be available.
this is great thinking in new directions, so many people are involved in 3-d printing that the materials are changing faster then you can keep up with. graphite printed nodes with carbon fiber filaments and this cantilever construction shapes should be able to hold anything, be it batteries, electric motors, or smelly old LS-1 blown supper charged engines.
You could probably even 3D print the aluminium nodes yourself at home, by using a lost-wax (or lost-PLA, or lost-ABS) casting process. Then just ship in a bunch of standard diameter carbon-fiber tubes, & steel nuts-&-bolts. Then a large CNC router could carve a huge polystyrene mold, which you will then use to create a fiber-glass shell. Dunno howto do the engine as easily tho. Perhaps use lost-wax technique to create the engine block, then use a CNC machine to mill out the cylinders etc? Not really my field. Anyway the point is that you could probably do it at any Maker-Shed / Hacker-Space on the planet (or even the members' own garages). Pretty awesome ideas here in this vid.
I remember reading about cars made many years ago. One company made the platform and another the body. It made for some unique cars. They were not cheap. It seems it is making a comeback. I think it could produce some unique or custom cars. There are other companies that are making 3-D printed cars. One is Local Motors. The 3-D printed a car at a car show. It looked nice.
+triforcelink too bad the company hates Tesla. They keep pushing "Natural gas" as their fuel source and claim Tesla is 3x more harmful than current automotive giants.
@@LeVainCasque Well they're right. Tesla is a big hoax and more damaging than regular car companies. I'm all about innovation, but Tesla has nothing to do with making the planet a better place.
Hi Kevin - About time someone like you came up with the idea of Lego & carbon tubing assembling the chasey and the skeleton of a car and build the body around it out of a 3-D printer. Could you guide me through step by step as an entrepreneur being able to create my own. Presently I am trying to put together a large scale 3-D printer. By the way please show me how to make the carbon tubing. I have already got a sample if it through a mechanical engineering dept, but don't know how to make one. Also ease share with me how to go by making the joints for the tunings on my future 3D printer. If there is a website that could help me on these I would really appreciate all your time , patience and guidance. May God bless you in all your projects and I am very proud of you. The whole world is , cause you are revolutionizing the entire car industries all over the world, and Now someone like me can build my own car just like you have. Thanks so very much and looking forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience. James T.
Can you guys provide a breakdown of the cost/benefit differences, with numbers, between this car and a similar car built with traditional construction in terms of price, assembly time per vehicle, and raw material usage per vehicle? Also, with so much of the car's body built from carbon fiber, and the likelihood of vehicular impacts, can you comment on the event possibility and safety implications of carbon dust and particulate ejection when those rods fail?
"Carbon dust?" What is that about? Tire and pavement wear, diesel exhaust, all make lots of carbon dust. Microbes eat it all. No piles of carbon dust along the highways.
@@algrayson8965 The carbon fibers and various chemical hardeners used when generating these composite materials can result in very fine particulate when damaged, depending on how they are made. For instance, I was able to find someone talking about their experiences in cleanup of crashed airplanes that used composite materials have to first chemically treat the crash with a varnish to ensure the safety of the crews and equipment. These particulate appear to have cancer-causing properties. What matters is the size and shape of the carbon particulate generated from damaged composites, and the binding chemicals used to stick the carbon layers together. Either one (or both) can be a chemical health hazard in a way that metal simply isn't. Edit: Here's a military report related to the subject: apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a420193.pdf
I really love the idea of the erector set of building your own type of car. But i believe to have a production product out for the public to drive is being that the car has to be safe. So the idea of having a multi piece frame structure, instead of a solid one piece structure will fail through out time and how the car is driven. Mostly likely a KIT car build but not for the average driver. nice idea though.
Woah.. what a revolution.. Amazing cars build to reduce it's construction impact on envirronnement which are gonna drive on Has Been Highways (which are choking the ground, killing tons of ground life, bugs and animals).
I like the idea but you gotta think of it in a safety point of view, multi piece frame instead of a solid frame could fail under high force, for instance if you hit a tree, it could shatter
how much of an impact does the carbon fiber process have on the earth as well as cost? can it be recycled, don't think it will break down. One has to think of all the processes involved. is the aluminum cintered or is there an epoxy binder used? so in the end is the entire process cheaper and better for the environment in the end? love the technology as i like to tinker with my 3d printer and build things. definitely not a tree hugger, just being in manufacturing myself you have to account for everything involved.
Your funny, your comedy must be world renowned. To be able to see the future and mock it instead of being inspired by it must make you really popular at the local bars.
Yes, this is what I have dreamed about starting. If I had the money I would have my designs out there for purchase if only I had the money. Everything they are talking about is exactly my thought process. Very good, I hope to someday raise the money needed to get there.
I wonder how this would do in safety tests. I would see the carbon fiber tubes being an issue; CF might seem strong, but when impacted from the side, it's extremely brittle. Interesting concept though. Might be a great way for people to get into a hobby. Also great for customization.
Cool! The I-Car folks at Apple Computer need to see this! Are you going to make a model powered by compressed air soon? Hey dig this old digital computer patent 3190554 that computes using air instead of electricity. Bet a 3D printer could make one really quick!
As a mechanical engineer, I can say 3D printing is truly coming a long way. Anyone interested in the organic structure capabilities of AI iterative design, check out the RUclips video on the Czinger 21C. Not only could much of the structural components not be manufactured with current casting and machining methods, but the designs themselves could never be optimized like they are by a single designer.
Yeah your right that chassis is to bulky what about passing auto industry specifications.maybe as a child's vehicle toy but they have specifications to
That's the thing with additive manufacturing, you look at it and you are wondering how it's gonna do the same job but that's where the powers is, optimization of materials. It will work just fine
The idea is cool, i like the idea of a modular design, with interchangeable bodies, and a choice of electric motor, so can run various output levels, and add in self charging and your somewhere close to the future... Unless we create antigrav :)
This will revolutionize aircraft construction! No more carving skin out of solid slabs. Eliminate almost all windows, replace with viewscreens. The doors and emergency exit hatches could have windows since they're separate panels anyway.
Eventually this is where it is going = 3d printed chassis, open architecture electrics (motors, batteries, controllers, from different manufacturers but compatible with each other). Pretty much like the way you can build a PC today. The thing is that you can not escape the giga-factories. They will still be around, making the parts that you need to build the car. Or the 3d printers that everyone will use to print their "anything".
First consideration is driveline duh engine,trans,suspension, capillaries for fuel& electric. You better be top CSWP with a very good surface geometry experience. I'd personally visit Nelson Racing Engines(duh you best have big-time bank roll)with a rented(or owned) Kreon Skyline Robotic Arm Scanner(these have a magnet base that can be laid down on a 2" rectangle of Blanchard ground steel plate with welded handles so u can mobily scan anywhere) then load Nelson R E into your mobile-workstation(duh big laptop). Forget this guys legos frame and use Rexroth Bosch Aluminum Framing System(u can forget about building this off anything but a steel slab ground to .0001(duh they are called fit slabs---in this case as long& wide as your vehicle). Once your NRE & drive-suspension scan is on your home based monitor, then u can design your car. I'd use carbon-Fiber Pre-peg from www.compositeenvisions.com to wrap the Rexroth Bosch frame. The body components could be cranked out on a 3DP-Platform WorkBench Series#400 or go even bigger with 3DP's Excel Series. Summing up the building of a hyper car isn't or as easy as this guys approach and it most assuredly is a big $$$$ buck and skills thing!!
Hey, thanks for this, this is awesome! This is giving me inspiration to 3D print my own supercar! I look forward to seeing more of your videos! You just earned a new subscriber! :)
Kevin and all your team mates. Thanks for thinking outside the box. Looks like a start. What about engines that produce upward of 1000 HP and the stresses involved?
Einstein once said; 'imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited'.... In my opinion Kevin Czinger clearly raises above the average person and seeing him as the person in the movie I have the impression this man came from very far... I am truly impressed by his way of thinking and the fact that he walks his talk
so I could print out a Tucker car or a kaiser -hudson car if I wanted to. you go to your car dealer they say we have to print it out first.one place prints it next building assembly next building-parts and storage still expensive.ok did they print the screws, wheels,tools etc.like to see a video where old car designers design a new print out car it would be fantastic.
silviumc If cars were being autonomously driven then we could likely do away with the current crash test parameters. If all of the vehicles on the roads were autonomous and cars were all light weight then again the crash test parameters could be completely different. Point is, cars should not weigh 2 tons and waste most of their energy moving that 2 tons rather than expending the energy primarily on moving people.
We made the first 3D printed supercar!!!! OK, I mean the structure is 3D printed. Actually, I mean the node of the structure is 3D printed, then you connect them with carbon fiber tubes, which ... we bought from somewhere else. What? the body panels, engine, wheels, tires? No, no, no, that has nothing to do with 3D print. But that's not important. Let's not talk about it. Why we call it the first 3D printed car? Well, that sounds a lot cooler than calling it "the first lab car that consists some aluminum parts that are 3D printed", right? If you want to see a 3D printed car, you should look at this one (ruclips.net/video/bfah_4-H_Sg/видео.html). At least the entire frame and body are 3D printed.
My father works with nano technology catalysts. Adding a unit that would convert Hydrocarbon gas directly to hydrogen for hydrogen on demand fuel cells would remove the batteries and make gasoline the cleanest burning fuel in the world. No batteries means a lot of land fills will not have toxic battery wastes. The weight of the electric components would be reduced a lot without all those batteries. Even with a small battery, the nano technology for super capacitors would charge extremely fast from the fuel cell. He is looking for a platform to prove the tech. He also puts his nanotech in 3d printing materials for integrated conductive material and strengthening materials. No wires.
Just sent their company a email asking can I a private individual who has a 3D printer be allowed to purchase my own car by printing it myself and assembling it myself
Just like any other invention, it does not matter how cool and efficient it is if NOBODY can afford to purchase it...How much $$$ does this freaking car cost???
Not that impressed overall.. It's apparently a single seater, and it's just the main chassis that's had its cf tubing bolted to the nodes? How well does cf hold up to sheer strength or whatever you'd call the node's pulling effect on the cf tubing/bolts, and road stresses that manufactures of traditional cars fret over constantly? Plus you could weld that simple chassis up quickly in Al using jigs/humans or even robot welders. They're leaving out that the bodywork/interior etc is the bulk of the labor involved when building a car, and a single seater doesn't require as much of either. This is almost like using PVC tubing and PVC connectors to build a frame and saying "Ta-da" ! (sorry) I'm sure there's a lot of work that's gone into the nodes.& cf connecting tubing, but face it-the rest of this car was built the normal way, and I'll bet it hasn't been torture tested - like I used to do for GM.
Everything starts somewhere.In school in the eighties i thought of a plan to use my spectrum to control a printer(mums lecki typewriter) combined with dads spraygun and build objects from paint...My teachers thought it was a rubbish idea.They said who would want anything made from paint..They had no vision and look how wrong they were....they thought i was mad in fact..This was before the guy who invented it.Cant prove it but one day they will read memories and ill show you.Austin mini shell is my goal...Keep dreaming x
More Start-Up Companies fail than succeed each year. This is just one of the many that will fail. It's a creative Idea in Practicality, but, not in quality. That would never pass a crash test and, as it is now, 3D printing is still very slow compared to metal casting and/or forging. We all know "Time is money:.
Umm, doesn't Carbon Fibre and Aluminum have a galvanic reaction when they come into contact with each other? This would cause the the Aluminum nodes to fail in time.
I used to build recumbent bicycles and thought about what you are doing but did not because of the corrosion issues. I currently drag race. I am using a 1990 Tbird Super Coupe. It is very heavy and I would like to put my drive train in a lighter car. Your design has interesting qualities who do I need to contact for more information?
eh, i wouldnt want to be the tester until they can somehow weld a chassis or find a better way to secure cf to metal. dont want to drive a car that a parrot can take apart. Well a shit ton of lock-tite and i would putt around in it for a bit lol. I guess you can probably get some very high strength bolts and weld them but that has its own set of issues. this is more about the process than the finished product though. that i can respect, but the bureaucracy will limit this to a mere idea in a long long line of ideas before it becomes viable for the notion of printing an entire cars worth of parts sans cf. well maybe they can get by with mc regulations or another loophole. fun challenge for engineers certainly and probably some good promotion for funding ect. looks great, far better than the 60 mph printed hauler. tbf, that hauler has a full printed chassis and pulls a trailer with solar panels to charge its batteries and in turn, feeds back to the trailer if needed.
You wouldn't download a car.
@Mike Castillo it's a meme
@Mike Palacios woooosh
Yes I would
A small 3D printer would take a long time to print a car body. Then assembly would be required as electric motors have wire windings that won't print. Tires, ball and roller bearings, other parts.
yeah the instructions for it would be a dictionary size. does your car manual printout to.
I had a very similar idea! I'm so glad there are other companies who are tuned in to the same "frequency!"
You say it like you ( as an individual) are a company hahaha!
This stuff cracks me up! While building the actual car may be environmentally friendly making the actual raw material to make this car is not what I would exactly call environmentally friendly but having said that this company is definitely moving in the right direction. So all we need is a less environmental impact process of raw materials. Great job guys love it!
I like the idea,the concept it's moving to the future of automotive design and production very fast in a modular way!Now let's see how many ncap stars it can get and how environmentally friendly it is!
An entire automobile unit body could be 3D printed when a large enough printer is built. Shapes and thicknesses, even materials, could vary throughout the structure to meet strength and rigidity requirements. Modifications could be made without expensive re-tooling as there would be no tooling to begin with.
The outer surface could be pre-colored rather than having to paint visible surfaces.
Collision repair parts could be printed as needed rather than having to manufacture and store large quantities of replacement pieces in anticipation of demand. It would even be possible to cut damaged sections out and 3D print a new section in place on the car body by a smaller printer in a body repair shop. Even after a body model is out of production the program for the original shape would be available.
Well. It turned out great. They are selling them now. And they beat the laguna seca record. Great.
This is a great idea and romoves all the long factory and huge manufacture costs.
this is great thinking in new directions, so many people are involved in 3-d printing that the materials are changing faster then you can keep up with. graphite printed nodes with carbon fiber filaments and this cantilever construction shapes should be able to hold anything, be it batteries, electric motors, or smelly old LS-1 blown supper charged engines.
Need to see some proof on lower use of energy and whether it can be as strong, etc, but as a concept looks good...
O'Reilly Solid chair Jon Bruner speaks with Kevin Czinger and the team at Divergent Microfactories who have built the first 3D printed supercar.
You could probably even 3D print the aluminium nodes yourself at home, by using a lost-wax (or lost-PLA, or lost-ABS) casting process. Then just ship in a bunch of standard diameter carbon-fiber tubes, & steel nuts-&-bolts.
Then a large CNC router could carve a huge polystyrene mold, which you will then use to create a fiber-glass shell.
Dunno howto do the engine as easily tho. Perhaps use lost-wax technique to create the engine block, then use a CNC machine to mill out the cylinders etc? Not really my field.
Anyway the point is that you could probably do it at any Maker-Shed / Hacker-Space on the planet (or even the members' own garages). Pretty awesome ideas here in this vid.
First thing ive ever intentionally wanted to like .
I remember reading about cars made many years ago. One company made the platform and another the body. It made for some unique cars. They were not cheap. It seems it is making a comeback. I think it could produce some unique or custom cars.
There are other companies that are making 3-D printed cars. One is Local Motors. The 3-D printed a car at a car show. It looked nice.
Wow! I am impressed.
This, plus Tesla's battery packs and charging could turn into something really cool.
+triforcelink too bad the company hates Tesla.
They keep pushing "Natural gas" as their fuel source and claim Tesla is 3x more harmful than current automotive giants.
Oh wow I didn’t even think about that however the 3d printing and water tightness might be a problem
@@LeVainCasque Tesla could buy Divergent Microfactories Incorporated and have access to their 3D printing technology
@@LeVainCasque Well they're right. Tesla is a big hoax and more damaging than regular car companies. I'm all about innovation, but Tesla has nothing to do with making the planet a better place.
Hi Kevin -
About time someone like you came up with the idea of Lego & carbon tubing assembling the chasey and the skeleton of a car and build the body around it out of a 3-D printer. Could you guide me through step by step as an entrepreneur being able to create my own. Presently I am trying to put together a large scale 3-D printer. By the way please show me how to make the carbon tubing. I have already got a sample if it through a mechanical engineering dept, but don't know how to make one. Also ease share with me how to go by making the joints for the tunings on my future 3D printer. If there is a website that could help me on these I would really appreciate all your time , patience and guidance. May God bless you in all your projects and I am very proud of you. The whole world is , cause you are revolutionizing the entire car industries all over the world, and Now someone like me can build my own car just like you have. Thanks so very much and looking forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience. James T.
Can you guys provide a breakdown of the cost/benefit differences, with numbers, between this car and a similar car built with traditional construction in terms of price, assembly time per vehicle, and raw material usage per vehicle? Also, with so much of the car's body built from carbon fiber, and the likelihood of vehicular impacts, can you comment on the event possibility and safety implications of carbon dust and particulate ejection when those rods fail?
just say you want one
"Carbon dust?" What is that about? Tire and pavement wear, diesel exhaust, all make lots of carbon dust. Microbes eat it all. No piles of carbon dust along the highways.
@@algrayson8965 The carbon fibers and various chemical hardeners used when generating these composite materials can result in very fine particulate when damaged, depending on how they are made. For instance, I was able to find someone talking about their experiences in cleanup of crashed airplanes that used composite materials have to first chemically treat the crash with a varnish to ensure the safety of the crews and equipment. These particulate appear to have cancer-causing properties. What matters is the size and shape of the carbon particulate generated from damaged composites, and the binding chemicals used to stick the carbon layers together. Either one (or both) can be a chemical health hazard in a way that metal simply isn't.
Edit: Here's a military report related to the subject: apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a420193.pdf
I think YOU'LL GO Down in history It just makes so much sense such a pain in the ASS the way they make a prototype car ,this TAKES THE Cake
I really love the idea of the erector set of building your own type of car. But i believe to have a production product out for the public to drive is being that the car has to be safe. So the idea of having a multi piece frame structure, instead of a solid one piece structure will fail through out time and how the car is driven. Mostly likely a KIT car build but not for the average driver. nice idea though.
Woah.. what a revolution.. Amazing cars build to reduce it's construction impact on envirronnement which are gonna drive on Has Been Highways (which are choking the ground, killing tons of ground life, bugs and animals).
Great idea! Congratulations! Keep up the good work!
I like the idea but you gotta think of it in a safety point of view, multi piece frame instead of a solid frame could fail under high force, for instance if you hit a tree, it could shatter
how much of an impact does the carbon fiber process have on the earth as well as cost? can it be recycled, don't think it will break down. One has to think of all the processes involved. is the aluminum cintered or is there an epoxy binder used? so in the end is the entire process cheaper and better for the environment in the end? love the technology as i like to tinker with my 3d printer and build things. definitely not a tree hugger, just being in manufacturing myself you have to account for everything involved.
Let's see that car run!
What you do if you have check engine?
You reboot them?
What fuel u use?
A toner from best buy will work?
Your funny, your comedy must be world renowned. To be able to see the future and mock it instead of being inspired by it must make you really popular at the local bars.
i love 3d printing, this is life
What do we do with all the battery acid and radiation of these giant batteries used for electric cars???
they don't care, they just eliminate the impact on the environment (they don't know how, they just doing it)
Yes, this is what I have dreamed about starting. If I had the money I would have my designs out there for purchase if only I had the money. Everything they are talking about is exactly my thought process. Very good, I hope to someday raise the money needed to get there.
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outstanding Robert!
I wonder how this would do in safety tests. I would see the carbon fiber tubes being an issue; CF might seem strong, but when impacted from the side, it's extremely brittle.
Interesting concept though. Might be a great way for people to get into a hobby. Also great for customization.
Cool! The I-Car folks at Apple Computer need to see this! Are you going to make a model powered by compressed air soon? Hey dig this old digital computer patent 3190554 that computes using air instead of electricity. Bet a 3D printer could make one really quick!
As a mechanical engineer, I can say 3D printing is truly coming a long way. Anyone interested in the organic structure capabilities of AI iterative design, check out the RUclips video on the Czinger 21C. Not only could much of the structural components not be manufactured with current casting and machining methods, but the designs themselves could never be optimized like they are by a single designer.
don't toss around amazing specs and not even have a finished car. no way in hell that chassis/ frame will work.
Here is a video of the completed car. ruclips.net/video/vPv7PwS50OE/видео.html
Yeah your right that chassis is to bulky what about passing auto industry specifications.maybe as a child's vehicle toy but they have specifications to
That's the thing with additive manufacturing, you look at it and you are wondering how it's gonna do the same job but that's where the powers is, optimization of materials. It will work just fine
Now time to simulate a 60 mph or faster crash test = nothing left
The idea is cool, i like the idea of a modular design, with interchangeable bodies, and a choice of electric motor, so can run various output levels, and add in self charging and your somewhere close to the future... Unless we create antigrav :)
WOW JUST WOW!!!
what printer did you use
i have some dream trucks and car bodies i want to print
This will revolutionize aircraft construction! No more carving skin out of solid slabs.
Eliminate almost all windows, replace with viewscreens. The doors and emergency exit hatches could have windows since they're separate panels anyway.
I want that thing. Arduino good. What's poly additive? Graphene? How are milk jug plastics painted?
Nice idea
This video was 2015 I like to know what’s happened since then
Eventually this is where it is going = 3d printed chassis, open architecture electrics (motors, batteries, controllers, from different manufacturers but compatible with each other). Pretty much like the way you can build a PC today. The thing is that you can not escape the giga-factories. They will still be around, making the parts that you need to build the car. Or the 3d printers that everyone will use to print their "anything".
amazing!
First consideration is driveline duh engine,trans,suspension, capillaries for fuel& electric. You better be top CSWP with a very good surface geometry experience. I'd personally visit Nelson Racing Engines(duh you best have big-time bank roll)with a rented(or owned) Kreon Skyline Robotic Arm Scanner(these have a magnet base that can be laid down on a 2" rectangle of Blanchard ground steel plate with welded handles so u can mobily scan anywhere) then load Nelson R E into your mobile-workstation(duh big laptop). Forget this guys legos frame and use Rexroth Bosch Aluminum Framing System(u can forget about building this off anything but a steel slab ground to .0001(duh they are called fit slabs---in this case as long& wide as your vehicle). Once your NRE & drive-suspension scan is on your home based monitor, then u can design your car. I'd use carbon-Fiber Pre-peg from www.compositeenvisions.com to wrap the Rexroth Bosch frame. The body components could be cranked out on a 3DP-Platform WorkBench Series#400 or go even bigger with 3DP's Excel Series.
Summing up the building of a hyper car isn't or as easy as this guys approach and it most assuredly is a big $$$$ buck and skills thing!!
Hey, thanks for this, this is awesome! This is giving me inspiration to 3D print my own supercar! I look forward to seeing more of your videos! You just earned a new subscriber! :)
Kevin and all your team mates. Thanks for thinking outside the box. Looks like a start. What about engines that produce upward of 1000 HP and the stresses involved?
Divergent showed off a lot more on Jay Leno's Garage channel. Looks good to me!
What about spraying the chassis down with LINEX? It make it kinda indestructible.
Rodzi mi się pomysł aby w przyszłości powstawały 3d Kamper - dom, samochód. Jaro
I love cars , always wanted to make super car , can you plz help me to come there and work with you
Imagine how long it took to print all those parts
all i wanted to see was the test drive
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Is it street legal? How do you register something like this?
Thankyou 😀
Einstein once said; 'imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited'.... In my opinion Kevin Czinger clearly raises above the average person and seeing him as the person in the movie I have the impression this man came from very far... I am truly impressed by his way of thinking and the fact that he walks his talk
Ms. Guzman's class would love to tour your facility.
Is it possible , I come and work with you
Oh someones mouth was watering at the end of the video
And where are they now?
What no one is realising is that some day they will be able to make any shape of car you want at low cost...let people finally be unique
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What 3d printer do they use and where do I buy?????
is czinger the same as srh? nice car
I've been thinking about it since at least 2015 haha
Carduino cool!!
are there different specs for tubes? stiffer, more flexible?
so I could print out a Tucker car or a kaiser -hudson car if I wanted to.
you go to your car dealer they say we have to print it out first.one place prints it next building assembly next building-parts and storage still expensive.ok did they print the screws, wheels,tools etc.like to see a video where old car designers design a new print out car it would be fantastic.
All I can think about is the safety standards. NTSB won't approve these for road use so why bother making it?
Innovation doesn't require approval, and standards are usually the last to change after it happens.
whats the price for each nodes?
Great idea, but it needs some safety ratings, crash tests and so on.
silviumc If cars were being autonomously driven then we could likely do away with the current crash test parameters. If all of the vehicles on the roads were autonomous and cars were all light weight then again the crash test parameters could be completely different.
Point is, cars should not weigh 2 tons and waste most of their energy moving that 2 tons rather than expending the energy primarily on moving people.
the chassis is made out of steel and carbon fiber k'nex?
This + Tesla's Battery Packs + Uber + Google's self driving tech + Solar powered grid = ??
black man?
+Simar Sran Cute robocars in town
Oh hell yes. Like a robo taxie service. That would be awesome
будущее ближе, чем мы думаем))
less than 10 years away
We made the first 3D printed supercar!!!!
OK, I mean the structure is 3D printed.
Actually, I mean the node of the structure is 3D printed, then you connect them with carbon fiber tubes, which ... we bought from somewhere else.
What? the body panels, engine, wheels, tires? No, no, no, that has nothing to do with 3D print. But that's not important. Let's not talk about it.
Why we call it the first 3D printed car? Well, that sounds a lot cooler than calling it "the first lab car that consists some aluminum parts that are 3D printed", right?
If you want to see a 3D printed car, you should look at this one (ruclips.net/video/bfah_4-H_Sg/видео.html). At least the entire frame and body are 3D printed.
how long did it take to print?
Your link goes nowhere... video removed?
gives hope for someone wanting to buy or make cars outside of the big manufacturers.
My father works with nano technology catalysts. Adding a unit that would convert Hydrocarbon gas directly to hydrogen for hydrogen on demand fuel cells would remove the batteries and make gasoline the cleanest burning fuel in the world. No batteries means a lot of land fills will not have toxic battery wastes. The weight of the electric components would be reduced a lot without all those batteries. Even with a small battery, the nano technology for super capacitors would charge extremely fast from the fuel cell. He is looking for a platform to prove the tech. He also puts his nanotech in 3d printing materials for integrated conductive material and strengthening materials. No wires.
ok so where can i buy ?????
Just sent their company a email asking can I a private individual who has a 3D printer be allowed to purchase my own car by printing it myself and assembling it myself
Were can i buy the body kit
and what happen with this proyect, is still developing? a lot of years, i think is avaliable already or not
700hp? I neeeeeeddd dino data
Construction alone is not enough though. This concept needs proof that it works in terms of durability and reliability.
The interviewer got me confused... who's interviewing who? Lmao
MPAA: You wouldn't download a car.
Divergent Microfactories: I'm about to end this man's whole career
Divergent Nanofactories: I’m about to end Divergent Microfactories’ career.
where can i download it
Just like any other invention, it does not matter how cool and efficient it is if NOBODY can afford to purchase it...How much $$$ does this freaking car cost???
Koenigsegg who builds a Supercar in Germany ALSO 3D prints their parts from Carbon Fiber etc..
Koenigsegg uses molds and hand made carbon fiber parts.
Don't know if it can really take the heat after running at top speed with 700 bph
the planet is more than capable to look after itself its been doing it for Thousand s of years
Can this be used in small aircraft? ie. J3- Cub
If this car was ever mass produced, I would hate to get a rock chip on the windshield.
how is the body made ?
All a whole new meaning to "tinkering" with your car.
Not that impressed overall.. It's apparently a single seater, and it's just the main chassis that's had its cf tubing bolted to the nodes? How well does cf hold up to sheer strength or whatever you'd call the node's pulling effect on the cf tubing/bolts, and road stresses that manufactures of traditional cars fret over constantly?
Plus you could weld that simple chassis up quickly in Al using jigs/humans or even robot welders. They're leaving out that the bodywork/interior etc is the bulk of the labor involved when building a car, and a single seater doesn't require as much of either.
This is almost like using PVC tubing and PVC connectors to build a frame and saying "Ta-da" ! (sorry)
I'm sure there's a lot of work that's gone into the nodes.& cf connecting tubing, but face it-the rest of this car was built the normal way, and I'll bet it hasn't been torture tested - like I used to do for GM.
Everything starts somewhere.In school in the eighties i thought of a plan to use my spectrum to control a printer(mums lecki typewriter) combined with dads spraygun and build objects from paint...My teachers thought it was a rubbish idea.They said who would want anything made from paint..They had no vision and look how wrong they were....they thought i was mad in fact..This was before the guy who invented it.Cant prove it but one day they will read memories and ill show you.Austin mini shell is my goal...Keep dreaming x
More Start-Up Companies fail than succeed each year. This is just one of the many that will fail. It's a creative Idea in Practicality, but, not in quality. That would never pass a crash test and, as it is now, 3D printing is still very slow compared to metal casting and/or forging. We all know "Time is money:.
put an hho powered engine in it..... great for a prototype and efficient
Nice can I have the stl files pls?
So its a chassis for a kit car ? Coming to an Ikea store ...near you. 😂
Where can I get one? Where can I get one?
Electric anyone?
but
will it blend?
Umm, doesn't Carbon Fibre and Aluminum have a galvanic reaction when they come into contact with each other? This would cause the the Aluminum nodes to fail in time.
I used to build recumbent bicycles and thought about what you are doing but did not because of the corrosion issues.
I currently drag race. I am using a 1990 Tbird Super Coupe. It is very heavy and I would like to put my drive train in a lighter car. Your design has interesting qualities who do I need to contact for more information?
Crash tests!? And engine... is 3d printed as well!?
The engine is not 3D printed but the main structural components are and it is safe.
Just saying is safe, doesn't make it safe... crash proof tests please...
What about insurance?
Koenigsegg who builds a Supercar in Germany ALSO 3D prints their parts from Carbon Fiber etc..
Parts... not an entire car frame...
Can you build a boat and how much this will cost
eh, i wouldnt want to be the tester until they can somehow weld a chassis or find a better way to secure cf to metal. dont want to drive a car that a parrot can take apart. Well a shit ton of lock-tite and i would putt around in it for a bit lol. I guess you can probably get some very high strength bolts and weld them but that has its own set of issues.
this is more about the process than the finished product though. that i can respect, but the bureaucracy will limit this to a mere idea in a long long line of ideas before it becomes viable for the notion of printing an entire cars worth of parts sans cf. well maybe they can get by with mc regulations or another loophole.
fun challenge for engineers certainly and probably some good promotion for funding ect. looks great, far better than the 60 mph printed hauler. tbf, that hauler has a full printed chassis and pulls a trailer with solar panels to charge its batteries and in turn, feeds back to the trailer if needed.