Re: [Vo]:3D printed car

2014-09-21 Thread Alain Sepeda
2k$ cars ? this is what happen in emerging countries with moped and motorbikes, it has much success. 2014-09-21 3:55 GMT+02:00 Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net: Who knows what will happen. $2K cars? Tiny small single-seater vehicles for commuters to drive to work or

[Vo]:3D printed car

2014-09-20 Thread H Veeder
World's first printed car from carbon fiber plastic pellets. It weighs 1500 lbs and contains fifty parts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV5FvZZiBf0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alj_36qFe5g Harry

RE: [Vo]:3D printed car

2014-09-20 Thread Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson
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

Re: [Vo]:3D printed car

2014-09-20 Thread James Bowery
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] *

Re: [Vo]:3D printed car

2014-09-20 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: 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. Even 10k dollars feels steep for a car that was

Re: [Vo]:3D printed car

2014-09-20 Thread H Veeder
With self driving smart cars, I can see people subscribing to taxi service instead of a owning a car. harry On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote:

RE: [Vo]:3D printed car

2014-09-20 Thread Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Who knows what will happen. $2K cars? Tiny small single-seater vehicles for commuters to drive to work or to the grocery store. Self driving cars? Yea, very likely too. Transportation will evolve. Collectively, we will determine the best course of action. Very few individuals on their own have