A working car has been 3D-printed out of carbon fiber plastic
See pics at link
I have not been paying much attention to 3D printing...looks like I need to.
Local Motors, the Phoenix-based 3D-printing company that built the car with help from Oak Ridge National Lab and the manufacturing company SABIC, says it's the first to 3D print both a body and chassis together. Other models, such as the Urbee, also use 3D-printed parts, but with a more traditionally manufactured frame.
Everything in the Strati that could be made as part of a single piece of plastic, was. This isn't your standard milk jug plastic, however. It's been mixed with carbon fibers for extra strength.
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Thanks for posting this, I wish writers would be more honest, though!
Having worked with 3D printers large and small, like the Stratasys Dimension down to little Makerbots, I can tell you that their isn't any reason in the world to use this technology in auto production beyond making prototypes.
It was a cool challenge, of course, to prove that it could be done, but like many tech articles, the title and description misses the reality of the thing.
One can tell from the photos that only some of the parts were printed, and even these were parts, like the fenders, that then had to be assembled.
Further, components like wheels, signal lenses, and obviously wheels and drivetrain, etc., were not printed.
So, the article title and even the first sentence is a lie: This is a car that is made almost entirely out of plastic.
I am having problems with pic posting, really appreciate you doing this. 
Yeah, I get your point about mis-leading.
but, still, even as much as they did with the printer is kinda amazing to me.
Post college I worked as an industrial designer/engineer and when I had an idea I had to carve it out of wood or clay from sketches or drawings.
These printers can now take 3D drawings from CAD programs and print them out, it's quite a development.
However, tech magazines have gone a little crazy and people believe what is written, 3D guns, 3D printed houses, what? No, not really.
PS, with pics try a "right click" "open image in new window" or "copy image address". If you open in a new window, copy the URL in the address bar and paste in your post or reply. If you copy image address, then just copy that into the reply.
