Local Motors is best known for creating the world’s first 3D-printed car. As the company prepares to sell those cars to the public for the first time, it’s come up with an unusual proposition for ...

Technology is funny. What seems cutting-edge today will eventually be outdated and replaced by the “next big thing,” or a better version of the now-outdated thing. Vinyl records gave way to ...

Once upon a time, a remote controlled (RC) car was something you’d buy at Radio Shack or your local hobby store. These days, you can print your own, complete with suspension, right at home, as this ...

For about as long as hackers and makers have been using desktop 3D printers, there have been critics that say the plastic parts they produce aren’t good for much else than toys and decorative pieces.

Chinese startup XEV has been working on a 3D-printed electric car since 2016, and apparently things aren’t going well. While XEV previously discussed teaming up with a second Chinese firm to sell the ...

The Ford Maverick’s forward-thinking approach to usability and affordability is what earned it top marks in our 2022 Best Of awards, and one of the noteworthy claims was that Ford said those with 3D ...

What if a car built in your garage could rival the performance of high-end RC models, all thanks to a 3D printer? That’s exactly what one new project has achieved, pushing the boundaries of ...

Cars are big and heavy, and that means they use a lot of energy while traveling. It's easy to understand why these behemoths have traditionally been so weighty, though: It takes countless parts to ...

Development model for 3D printing. Graphic created by Jake Roberts. Image by Tim Sandle. Development model for 3D printing. Graphic created by Jake Roberts. Image by Tim Sandle. Three-dimensional (3D) ...

The Elegoo Centauri Carbon is a cool-looking 3D printer you can get for $300. I’d never run a 3D printer in my life before this thing showed up at my shop, and I had a few significant hiccups getting ...

The movie Back to the Future showed us cars hovering in air in an idea of what 2015 would look like. Now in 2016, we see our cars still bound to the earth. However, when the movie was made, in 1985, ...