Printing a Car

Is it feasible to print a car? That's the question the 3D Printed Car Design Challenge recently took on. Using a 2 x 4 x 0.9 m printer capable of depositing 17 kg/hr, the winning entrant completed the 454 kg main body structure in 47 hours (watch). Composites World reports that an even bigger printer currently in development will do the same job in less than 24 hours and produce parts double the size of the current machine.

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