Dutch company DiManEx uses a network of AM partners to embed 3D printing in industrial supply chains, and has just announced that its latest collaborator is Lightyear, a company also based in the Netherlands that is producing the first long-range car powered by solar energy.

Aptly called the Lightyear One, the 5-passenger sustainable car prototype was recently unveiled to the public and features over 60 3D printed interior parts, thanks to DiManEx’s digital supply platform.

Lightyear’s live stream unveiling event of the prototype vehicle starts at around 33:33 in the video below: “Did you know that all the cars in the world combined drive about nine and a half trillion kilometers per year – and most of them are combustion cars. And to change that is a challenge so immense that it’s almost frightening,” Lightyear’s CEO and co-founder Lex Hoefsloot said in the video. “Despite that, we […]

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