Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Leno's Garage spins Local Motors' 3D-printed EV on national TV

2015-12-08 Thread Roland via EV 
   
If you are living on Mars and want to get around in a EV, you can just down 
load it instead of waiting 30 minutes shipping time from Earth. 

 

Roland 


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far from an expert on 3d printing, but to me it looks like two things. 

One is a way to design and custom manufacture one-off or limited-run parts 
right in your shop.  That's pretty cool, but I get the impression that the 
process is slow, and the materials are too expensive for more than limited 
use.

The other side of 3d printing seems to be a sort of Netflix for objects.  
You can download a design and make it at home, instead of having to order it 
from someone and have it shipped in.  I guess that's good in some 
situations.

However, I really don't see how either of these would apply to a production 
EV.  

ANd then there's this quotation from Local Motors, which frankly sounds like 
gobbledegook to me:  "At Local Motors, we are hell-bent on revolutionizing 
manufacturing ... Car manufacturers have been stamping parts the same way 
for more than 100 years. Now we have the technology to make the process and 
products better and faster by linking the online to the offline through DDM. 
This process will create better and safer products, and we are doing just 
that."  

Huh???

Maybe I'm missing something, but 3d printing in this setting looks 
suspiciously like just another technical bandwagon for folks seeking 
investors' money to ride around on and wave their banners.  Can someone 
explain what's so exciting here?

David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
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Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Leno's Garage spins Local Motors' 3D-printed EV on national TV

2015-12-08 Thread dovepa via EV 
All the vehicles on MARS are evs. ;)


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If you are living on Mars and want to get around in a EV, you can just down 
load it instead of waiting 30 minutes shipping time from Earth. 

 

Roland 


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Subject: Re: [EVDL]EVLN: Lenoâ?Ts Garage spins Local Motors' 3D-printed EV on 
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far from an expert on 3d printing, but to me it looks like two things. 

One is a way to design and custom manufacture one-off or limited-run parts 
right in your shop.  That's pretty cool, but I get the impression that the 
process is slow, and the materials are too expensive for more than limited 
use.

The other side of 3d printing seems to be a sort of Netflix for objects.  
You can download a design and make it at home, instead of having to order it 
from someone and have it shipped in.  I guess that's good in some 
situations.

However, I really don't see how either of these would apply to a production 
EV.  

ANd then there's this quotation from Local Motors, which frankly sounds like 
gobbledegook to me:  "At Local Motors, we are hell-bent on revolutionizing 
manufacturing ... Car manufacturers have been stamping parts the same way 
for more than 100 years. Now we have the technology to make the process and 
products better and faster by linking the online to the offline through DDM. 
This process will create better and safer products, and we are doing just 
that."  

Huh???

Maybe I'm missing something, but 3d printing in this setting looks 
suspiciously like just another technical bandwagon for folks seeking 
investors' money to ride around on and wave their banners.  Can someone 
explain what's so exciting here?

David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
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