As reported by caradvice, Monday, September 26, 2011, incredibly, the entire car body parts are molded with an additive manufacturing process using a mold or a 3D printer. How, coating material or materials making these body parts are stacked on top of each other until a desired product.
"This process could revolutionize how we create new things. Of course also changed the way I think about manufacturing," said Jim Kor, founder and project leader Urbee.
This technology has indeed been first used by Boeing, which is an aircraft manufacturer. However, what is done by Stratasys and Cor Ecologic different, because all the cars with the technology Urbee printed Dimension 3D Printers and 3D Production Systems Fortus Stratsys created.
The car has three wheels with two seats that carry a conventional gasoline engine and an electric motor. Urbee can shot up to 70 miles per hour or about 112 kilometers per hour.
This car is also claimed to be very fuel efficient. For a distance of 100 kilometers, Urbee only takes 1.8 liters of fuel. That is because cars are very light weight. Understandably, the body is made of extremely lightweight composite materials.
Another advantage offered by the electric motor battery charging process is quite easy because it can use household electrical outlet. In addition, charging it could use solar cell panels or wind turbines.
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