Award winning 3D printer filament manufacturer Polymaker has partnered with Italian car manufacturer XEV to make 3D printed low-speed electric vehicles (LSEVs). While XEV’s LSEVs aren’t the first ever 3D printed cars, the partners believe that this is the first example of additive manufacturing vehicles at scale. Stanley Lu, CEO of XEV, provided 3D Printing Industry… Continue reading XEV plans mass-production 3D printed electric cars
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Desktop Metal close new financing round with Ford
Desktop Metal, a 3D printer manufacturer, has received $65 Million in a new funding round led by Ford. The latest financing round follows a successful 2017 for the Burlington Massachusetts based company and brings total funding to $277 Million. In June 2017 the closure of a series D finance round brought unicorn status to the… Continue reading Desktop Metal close new financing round with Ford
CARBOPRINT additive manufacturing with carbon materials from SGL Group and ExOne
3D printing with carbon is the focus of a collaboration between Germany-based SGL Group and binder jetting specialists, ExOne. SGL Group produces materials at 32 locations across Europe and employs over 4,000 people. The company’s core expertise in the control of high-temperature technologies and includes a wide materials base. The venture with ExOne, manufacturers of… Continue reading CARBOPRINT additive manufacturing with carbon materials from SGL Group and ExOne
PLA based Noah becomes world’s first recyclable car
3D printing has been used in the development of Noah the “world’s first circular car.” The 2018 product of a longstanding project at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU Eindhoven), Noah is an electric car built as a demonstration of future, greener car manufacturing. Noah was created by the university’s TU/Ecomotive team. As a proof of… Continue reading PLA based Noah becomes world’s first recyclable car
AUDI gives update on use of SLM metal 3D printing for the automotive industry
Metal additive manufacturing specialists, the SLM Solutions Group AG has worked with fellow Germany based enterprise AUDI AG for several years now. A new update from SLM Solutions provides further details on how AUDI are using metal additive manufacturing. This includes the SLM280HL purchased in 2016. At AUDI, selective laser melting is used to manufacture… Continue reading AUDI gives update on use of SLM metal 3D printing for the automotive industry
Hackrod launches million dollar crowdfund for custom 3D printed car platform
Hackrod is a startup company looking to leverage 3D printing, virtual reality (VR), artificial intelligence (AR) and machine learning in a platform for building cars and motorcycles. Founded in 2017, the company has launched a crowdfunding campaign to attract investors, and raise a maximum of over $1 million in capital. Still with 28 days left to… Continue reading Hackrod launches million dollar crowdfund for custom 3D printed car platform
Swinburne kick-starts $1.2 million automatic 3D printed car repair service
Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne is to spearhead the development of an automated, 3D printed repair service for cars with the Australian, not-for-profit Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC) and industrial automation firm Tradiebot Industries. Funded by a sum of $1,264,695 AUD (approx. $994 thousand USD), project ‘Repair Bot’ will run through 2019. The goal,… Continue reading Swinburne kick-starts $1.2 million automatic 3D printed car repair service
3D printing news Sliced Arcam, Optomec, TU Delft, Neri Oxman
Today in Sliced: Additive Industries, Arcam, SHINING 3D, TechMed 3D, Haydon Kerk, TU Delft, Tim van Broekhoven, the Danish Technological Institute, Untika, TU Delft, Carnegie Mellon University, Optomec, Ethereal Machines, Porimy, Innoviz, the Air Force Research Laboratory, REGEMAT 3D, Austrian Space Forum, Neri Oxman, Iris Van Herpen, Full-bodied 3D scanning As full-body 3D scanners featured several times at CES 2018, Artec… Continue reading 3D printing news Sliced Arcam, Optomec, TU Delft, Neri Oxman
Honeywell approves Sintavia to 3D print metal aerospace components
Metal additive manufacturing company Sintavia has announced that it has been approved to manufacture components for Honeywell Aerospace using powder bed fusion, becoming the first Tier One additive manufacturer to occupy such a role. Honeywell Aerospace, which has previously entered into 3D printing R&D contracts with Sigma Labs and 3D Systems, granted Sintavia approval following… Continue reading Honeywell approves Sintavia to 3D print metal aerospace components