RapidFlight Buys Up Local Motors’ IP Portfolio
RapidFlight, a Virginia-based unmanned aircraft manufacturing company, has made a strategic move by acquiring the intellectual property (IP) portfolio of Local Motors. This... read more »
Automotive
Researchers Retread Tyres with 3D Printing
A team led by Chris Williams, the L.S. Randolph Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech, has received a $1.5 million grant from... read more »
Ford to Take Delivery of Titanium Printed Parts for Racing
IperionX, a leading provider of titanium components, has announced a Scope of Work (SoW) agreement with Ford Motor Company. This collaboration stems from... read more »
Equipmake Reveals High-Power Electric Drive System with 3D Printed Motor Housing
Equipmake, a UK-based company specializing in electrification products for battery-electric vehicle drivetrains, is set to showcase its groundbreaking Ampere-220 e-axle system at Battery... read more »
Dubai Police Force Unveils New SWAT Truck with 3D Printed Components
Dubai police have unveiled their newest high-tech security vehicle, the Ghiath Smart Patrol supertruck from luxury car manufacturer W Motors. According to local... read more »
BWT Alpine F1 Team Doubles Down on 3D Printing
The BWT Alpine F1 Team has purchased four SLA 750 3D printing systems from 3D Systems to improve their additive manufacturing workflow. The... read more »
Dakar Rally Car Gets Steel 3D Printing Treatment
The Dakar Rally is a brutal annual race that has taken part in Saudi Arabia for the last few years. This year, it... read more »
3D Systems & Stewart-Haas Racing Announce Multi-year Partnership
American stock car team Stewart-Haas Racing has announced a multi-year partnership with 3D Systems, with the goal of utilizing additive manufacturing for the... read more »
Recap: Automotive Additive Manufacturing in 2022
The automotive industry adopted additive manufacturing for the production of fixtures and assembly aids fairly quickly. But it wasn’t until April 2014 that... read more »
Bentley Mulliner Batur Gets AM Gold Trim
Automaker Bentley Motors Ltd. has revealed that they will be using additive manufacturing for the trim of their limited edition luxury Mulliner Batur.... read more »
Spanish Company to 3D Print Plant-based Car
Santa Pola based automobile manufacturer Liux has recently unveiled their new electric vehicle, dubbed the Animal. The Animal is an electric vehicle capable... read more »
MIT Team Develops Tool Steel for Printed Giga Press Dies
Die-casting has been used for the mass production of toy cars such as Hot-Wheels and Matchbox for decades. It’s a great way of... read more »
TU Eindhoven Prints CO2-Eating EV
A team of students at TU/Eindhoven have utilized 3D printing to build an electric vehicle that, among other ecologically friendly measures, captures more... read more »
Elvis’ BMW Restored with AM
Elvis has a new biopic movie by Bas Luhrmann out this week. So that’s an excuse to talk about the story about how... read more »
AM Saves GM From Parts Shortage Pickle
Last minute design changes are a royal pain in the butt, especially when the product release is looming on the horizon. This is... read more »
AM Car Wins Innovation Award at Shell Eco-marathon
Oh, how times change! If you had tried to make a small plastic electric vehicle 35 years ago, you would have been pilloried... read more »
Ford Releases FITS CAD Files to Accessorize Maverick
Companies offering additive manufacturing files of their wares for customers to print is nothing new. Most of these digital items do however tend... read more »
3D Printed Motors Coming Soon
Electric motors are becoming very popular in the automotive world, with companies all around the globe vying for a slice of the EV... read more »
Audi 3D Prints their Packaging Trash into New Parts
German automaker Audi has revealed their new in-house upcycling program that takes their own packaging materials and 3D prints them into assembly aids... read more »
Polish Race Team Gets Lightweight AM Upgrades
A kart racing team in Poland has made use of additive manufacturing to further reduce the weight of their already lean PMT-03 racing... read more »
