More Reasons to Use 3D Printing & Plastics for Lightweighting Cars

3D printing car parts and even entire cars is no longer a surprising feat. From Local Motors' recent history-making event at IMTS, all the way back to the first time we told you about the Urbee, Design News has kept readers up to date with what's new in the world of 3D printing for cars, trucks, bicycles, and now two-wheeled urban electric scooters.

Much of this work is being done as part of efforts to make urban and/or electric cars and other vehicles more lightweight to meet looming 2025 Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards. In a survey earlier this year, DuPont found that engineer respondents thought lightweighting was the dominant method among fuel-efficiency technologies, but weren't sure which materials choices could get them there. At the same time, new 3D-printable engineering plastic materials are coming onto the market from companies such as Solvay Engineering Plastics.

Here are a few more reasons to use 3D printing for making individual parts for cars and scooters, and investment casting from Solvay, Stratasys, and several divisions of CRP Group.

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