Thread: Towards the *fully* 3D-printed electric cars.
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Old July 5th 17, 05:33 AM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.physics,rec.arts.sf.science,sci.electronics.design
John Larkin[_2_]
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Default Towards the *fully* 3D-printed electric cars.
On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 18:02:47 -0000, wrote:

In sci.physics David Mitchell wrote:
 wrote:

And about the only place where weight matters that much is in things
that fly and in that case useless mass is already gone from the design
without the expense of 3D printing.

Have you ever looked at the interior structures of an aircraft?

3D printing is, and always will be, a niche manufacturing method.

"Nobody needs more than 640K"

I don't really think it's sensible to say "never" wrt technology - you're
judging a very immature technology

The biggest problem wrt printing vehicles will, I suspect, be the legislation
governing safety.

Nope, economics.

It takes a fraction of a second to stamp out a sheet metal automobile body
part out of standard sheet metal stock.

I fail to understand why geeks think 3D printing is the ultimate answer
to manufacturing when it is in fact slow and expensive.

There is one very successful additive manufacturing process: casting.


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