They mentioned something about the printing of the printable portion of the car taking about a day. They said the printer cost $1M. The capital expense cost of the printable portion of the car is therefore about:
1e6usd*.12/year?usd/day <http://www.testardi.com/rich/calchemy2/> ([1E6 * usd] * 0.12) / year ? usd / day = 328.76712 usd/day On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson < orionwo...@charter.net> wrote: > From Harry > > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV5FvZZiBf0 > > > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alj_36qFe5g > > > > Cool! We did predict this would happen. Printed housing is just around the > corner too. > > > > Starting prices $18k to $30k - A tad steep, prototype prices. Too pricy > for me, particularly for a two-seater with visually obvious stratification > layers. On the plus side, the housing is made out of plastic. We > mid-westerner Wisconsinites appreciate cars that don't rust due to all the > salt they spread on the roads in the middle of winter. Hopefully economies > of scale will eventually lower the entry level price to around $10k. That > would give the Smart Car a run for its money. > > > > http://www.smartusa.com/ > > entry level: $12,490. > > or lease for $99/month > > > > Now, if "The Doctor" can corral his elusive little hydrinos within a > year... that's likely to be another marriage made in heaven. > > > > Regards, > > Steven Vincent Johnson > > svjart.orionworks.com > > zazzle.com/orionworks >
