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TFA mentions "Easy reproduction" as a feature. Only printing the body takes... 2500 hours. So one printer can create a body in... 105 days! So if this was to
by martinced 14y ago
TFA mentions "Easy reproduction" as a feature.
Only printing the body takes... 2500 hours.
So one printer can create a body in... 105 days!
So if this was to scale to, say, 100 000 cars per year one would need 30 000 printing machines. That would be quite a huge factory and it begs the question: who's going to produce the printers? (and how?)
- quesera 14y agoIf the rest of the economics works out, I'm pretty sure the production of 30k printing machines would take care of itself.
- Drakim 14y agoCan these industrial 3d-printers print themselves? 30 000 is nothing if you have exponential growth. But more seriously, I guess the speed could increase over time as the technology is improved, and unlike human workers these could run overnight?
- JoeAltmaier 14y agoTo be fair compare it with how long it takes to make a traditional car.
- ars 14y agoAbout 1 day or even less. And they can do hundreds at the same time.
- akmiller 14y agoTo be fair, this is using a very early technology in a new way. I'm sure if their plans work out, then the speed of production can be reduced, whether it's through customized 3D printers specific to this use case or by other means. I wouldn't knock it just because the numbers are high this early in the development lifecycle.