Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Riding in a 3D-printed car – NAIAS 2015”.
It’S crushed from the verge and I’m standing in front of the local motors straddie. Now this is a 3d printed car. Almost everything you see here comes out of a machine that extrudes plastic. There are a few components that they add on at the end, but by and large, this thing comes out of the plastic, tube and they’re. Actually building one right here at the Detroit Auto Show.
This model is a prototype. Basically, these things aren’t on the streets yet and then I can be available for purchase for another twelve eighteen months. They’Re gon na come out of what they call a micro factory, which is a little tiny space where they have the 3d printer in Washington DC or just outside Washington DC. So there’s a sort of prototype drivetrain here it only gets 40 to 60 miles on a charge. That’S gon na change by the time of chips. The batteries are back here behind the driver and passenger comfortably seats to it wasn’t any problem to get in or out it kind of looks weird to get in and out, but it actually isn’t bad at all.
Driving around in this feels icing only like a regular car, granted it’s very low to the ground and relatively small and the the windshield is. You can tell a little bit low, so it’s kind of more of a go-kart but a very comfortable go party. It’S quiet! It’S all electric, I don’t know if I’d want to take it out on the street, but if you did and got into a fender bender, just 3d print yourself new park, .