Local Motors, the Arizona-based technology company behind the “world’s first 3D-printed car”, has revealed that it will start taking pre-orders for the cars in the spring of 2016, with production and shipment expected in early 2017. The all-electric LM3D Swim makes up around 75 percent 3D-printed parts.
One of the biggest benefits of 3D printing is its speed, and Local Motors is benefiting from that. The firm intends to roll out numerous LM3D variations on the very same chassis throughout 2016.
Talking about the speed, the company is operating on fairly the fast timeline. Local Motors’ news release mentions that preorders for its car will occur in spring 2016, at an estimated market price of $53,000. Preliminary deliveries are slated for 2017.
That assumes a number of things. The factory needs to be finished on schedule. The firm’s assembly facility in Knoxville, Tennessee, is still being constructed.
Launching at the SEMA show this year, the LM3D Swim was created by Kevin Lo, a Local Motors neighborhood member who won the firm’s Project Redacted challenge, that intends to determine designs for the next generation of 3D-printed automobiles.
Local Motors prepares to release several new models in the LM3D series during 2016, while pursuing federal crash screening and highway certifications.
All cars of the LM3D series will be developed at a brand-new Local Motors microfactory currently under construction in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The company likewise has plans for a motorbike, an electric-powered “drift trike”.
