World’s First 3D-Printed Car Design Unveiled

Local Motors has announced the winner of its Project Redacted challenge, a design competition for the world’s first fleet of 3D-printed cars.

The winning design of Project Redacted is Reload Redacted – Swim/Sport by Kevin Lo. In addition to its revolutionary design, the entry showcases the technology known as Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM), including the ability to create a completely customizable vehicle.

What’s more, its design boasts a flexible foundation that can support many different styles and technology options. Local Motors established its ability to build vehicles with DDM when it debuted the world’s first 3D-printed car, the Strati, in September of 2014.

Stated John B. Rogers, Jr., CEO and co-founder of Local Motors, “Car manufacturers have been stamping parts the same way for more than 100 years. We now have the technology to make the process and products better and faster by linking the online to the offline through DDM. This process will create better and safer products, and we are doing exactly that.”

Local Motors launched Project Redacted to challenge the co-creation community to imagine and design the next generation of 3D-printed cars. The winning entry will act as the foundation for the world’s first, and yet-to-be-named, road-ready 3D-printed vehicles.

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