Electric Vehicles (EVs)
How GM Is Investing in Additive and EVs
People within the automaker aren’t just working with additive, they are actively promoting it to their colleagues throughout the organization.
Read MoreNew Electric Dirt Bike Is Designed for Molding, but Produced Through 3D Printing (Includes Video)
Cobra Moto’s new all-electric youth motocross bike could not wait for mold tooling. Parts have been designed so they can be molded eventually, but to get the bike to market, the production method now is additive manufacturing.
WatchMultimaterial 3D Printing Enables Solid State Batteries
By combining different 3D printing processes and materials in a single layer, Sakuu’s Kavian platform can produce batteries for electric vehicles and other applications with twice the energy density and greater safety than traditional lithium-ion solutions.
Read More6K Receives Innovation Grant for Battery Production
The state grant will fund the purchase of one new UniMelt system, a technology designed by 6K that will be used to produce metal powders used in AM and battery material production.
Read MorePlastics Assembly Expert Joins Development and Production via 3D Printing
Manufacturing technology supplier Extol has always served customers who are producing polymer parts. Now, it is making some of those parts in-house through 3D printing, providing new options ranging from functional prototyping into bridge production and beyond.
Read MoreHow Additive Manufacturing is Filling Electric Vehicle Production Needs
Electric vehicles are reshaping transportation, but they are also changing vehicle production. Electrification brings a blank slate to the manufacturing process, providing inroads for additive manufacturing to potentially fill production needs.
Read MoreAudi Creates 3D Printing Filament from Parts Packaging
The German automotive company is among the leaders in material reuse—which includes making filaments from what might otherwise be considered waste.
Read MorePeugeot Creates Stylish Accessories
Designers found additive manufacturing provides the look, feel and function they wanted to accessorize the new Peugeot 308.
Read More3D Printed Tool for Machining Electric Vehicle Motors: The Cool Parts Show #39
Additive manufacturing achieves a large-diameter cutting tool light enough for fast, precise machining of the motor housing’s stator bore.
WatchExOne, Maxxwell Motors Successfully Binder Jet 3D Print Copper Winding for Electric Drive
Unique copper e-winding design for its axial flux electric motors can be used in electric cars as well as a range of other heavy-duty vehicles and industrial devices.
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