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The Urbee 2<\/a>, a 3D-printed hybrid car, might just revolutionize the way we think about cars.<\/p>\n

Using a 3D-printer to form the car allowed the design team to focus on optimizing automobile physics. The teardrop-shaped lightweight car has a 0.15 coefficient of drag. The average Hummer has nearly 5 times that.<\/p>\n

The three-wheeled Urbee 2 will run off of a 36-volt electric motor for speeds up to 64 km\/h. For speeds up to 170 km\/h a diesel engine will kick in.<\/p>\n

It takes hundreds of hours just to print a single bumper and 2,500 hours to print the whole car. The car’s dashboard \u2014 traditionally hundreds of pieces of metal and plastic \u2014 can be printed as one solid piece of 3D-printed ABS plastic.<\/p>\n

Of course the engine and base chassis are made of metal, but the company is working on creating a hybrid engine too.<\/p>\n

Designers expect the car to pass nearly all safety requirements. In some jurisdictions the vehicle may be classified as a motorcycle.<\/p>\n

The company is based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba but has been making international waves. A trip from San Fransisco to New York on only 10 gallons of gas has been planned.<\/p>\n

If you like the idea of 3D-printing cars, you will also like 3D-printing your friends<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Via Wired<\/a><\/p>\n

Urban Planet is a roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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