At General Motors’ Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant, Michigan, workers may use a bionic glove, named Robo-Glove, to handle mass produced 3D printed parts. Two years ago, GM initiated a proj…
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General Motors saves $300,000 by switching to 3D printed tooling
The Lansing Delta Township assembly plant of American multinational vehicle manufacturer General Motors has reported an expected cost saving of over $300,000 since it acquired a 3D printer three years…
LM Industries launches Local Motors’ car 3D printing microfactories
Local Motors, known for developing the 3D printed Strati car and Olli bus, and its spinout co-creation platform Launch Forth have restructured under new parent company LM Industries Group Inc. Based i…
Shanghai commits to Divergent 3D printed electric vehicle production
The Divergent 3D node-based additive manufacturing technology, used to make the Blade supercar, is to be the driver of a new electric vehicle (EV) production plant in Shanghai. The forthcoming factory…
Audi to save 50% on lead times by switching to 3D printing for prototyping
The Audi Pre-Series Center in Ingolstadt, Germany, is to adopt Stratasys full-color, multi-material 3D printing for its product design process. According to Dr. Tim Spiering, Head of the Pre-Series Pl…
BMW and MIT reveal Liquid 3D Printed Pneumatics for self-assembling car interiors
Skylar Tibbits, who coined the term 4D printing back in 2013, and his team at MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab have released the details of an ongoing collaboration with car manufacturer BMW. Named Liqui…
3D printing increases efficiency for ETSEIB Motorsport team
3D printing is giving a Spanish university team the edge in the annual Formula Student competition. The ETSEIB team is comprised of engineering students nearing the end of their studies at the Polytec…