As per the CEO of Divergent Microfactories, Normal vehicle manufacturing process brings more initial project costs and is also harmful for the environment meanwhile 3D printing is much more affordable but takes more production time for each component than the tradition manufacturing.
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“Society has made great strides in its awareness and adoption of cleaner and greener cars”, Czinger said, according to 3DPrint. “The problem is that while these cars do now exist, the actual manufacturing of them is anything but environmentally friendly”, says Kevin Czinger, Divergent’s founder and CEO.
The printed carbon fiber tubes that make up the chassis plug into the nodes to form a strong and lightweight frame for the rest of the vehicle.
As for power, the Blade is equipped with a 700-horsepower bi-fuel engine that can use both compressed natural gas or gasoline, and is capable of accelerating from 0-60 in two seconds while weighing approximately 1,388 pounds.
‘At Divergent Microfactories, we’ve found a way to make automobiles that holds the promise of radically reducing the resource use and pollution generated by manufacturing.
Unsurprisingly, Blade will be a low-production model, with an unspecified “limited number” of the boutique cars manufactured. As part of the announcement, the company has unveiled a first-of-its-kind 3D-printed supercar called Blade, which was designed and constructed using this technology. DM will be producing 10,000 cars per year and also making technology available to any other companies interested.
This solves the problem of time and space by cutting down on the actual amount of 3D printing required to build the chassis and can be assembled in just minutes.
To try to prove the Node’s worth, Divergent Microfactories is putting its money where its mouth is, and launching the Blade.
To that end, Divergent wants to provide its technology to entrepreneurs and small vehicle makers around the world, who can “set up their own microfactories and build their own cars and, eventually, other large complex structures”. These microfactories will make innovation affordable while reducing the health and environmental impacts of traditional manufacturing. Many start-ups initially eye on bringing their methods under the market scanner in order to attain investments and that’s what Divergent Microfactories is also trying to achieve.
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