At the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago, Local Motors 3D printed a plastic car called the Strati. Local Motors printed the car's chassis and body all in one piece ...

At the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago, Local Motors 3D printed a plastic car called the Strati in front of thousands of attendees. Local Motors took the chassis ...

We often use 3D printing to replicate items we might otherwise make with traditional machining methods. Fraunhofer’s new door hinge for a sports car takes a different tack: it tries to be better ...

Restoring a classic car has always been a challenge, especially when it comes to finding original parts that are no longer manufactured. This is where 3D printing becomes an invaluable tool.

Local Motors, which stunned the automotive industry by live-printing the world's first 3D-printed car at SEMA last year ... provided the materials used to build the body of LM3D Swim.

The company's latest project is to build a 3D-printed car, and to make it harder ... saving weight and making a sturdy frame/ body. This concept was selected as the "community favorite" by ...

Multi-material structures, which strategically combine different materials for optimal performance of a component, can also be created via 3D printing. For example, steel automobile parts can be ...