A photo from open sources
The fact that in China an electric car was printed on a 3D printer, neither who did not cause much surprise. China – a country that goes ahead of the rest in many respects, including latest technology.
Notably different: printed by Sanya Sihai an electric car can become a budget vehicle, according to I can afford many people. After all, its value even today, without mass production, identified at only one thousand seven hundred american dollars.
For example, the American company RedEye on Demand was among the first printed her Urbee car on a 3D printer, however it the cost, according to experts, will vary from twenty up to fifty thousand dollars. Second Chinese Arizona rival Local Motors has printed another car of the future – Strati, but its price again “bites” – twenty to thirty thousand dollars.
A photo from open sources
Therefore, the Chinese electric car from Sanya Sihai may be the most “popular” and in demand in the future. On its creation, the company spent less than two months, and the printing itself of all the elements of the machine took only five days. The main material was a composite alloy, which in density approaches steel, however significantly cheaper and, most importantly, lighter than it. For example, a Chinese electric car with dimensions of 3.6 by 1.63 meters weighs only half a ton. What are you if you print at home, too, and they’re not expensive.
China
