A 1 of 1 car you may not have heard of built in 2015 that I have now seen.

"OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars" (jakeauern) 12/02/2016 at 10:32 • Filed to: None

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The Local Motors Strati in the Local Motors Store in Knoxville, TN.

The car is almost completely printed using the largest 3D printer in the world. Local Motors has a storefront here because they are working directly with ORNL(Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where some of the atomic bomb parts were created) on this tech of bigh strength 3D printed item. ORNL is just about 45 minutes outside Knoxville so a storefront made sense to establish there brand on a local level.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 12/02/2016 at 10:35

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They were printing one at SEMA the last time I was there, got to see it being built. Pretty awesome.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2016 at 10:37

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Local Motors is doing some interesting things. I don’t know how the safety regulations will be dealt with but they need to keep doing them. If anything they can sell their knowledge to bigger car companies who can find a way to implement 3D printing into auto manufacturing. I need them to put a Rally Fighter in the Knoxville store now though.

S65 > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 12/02/2016 at 10:38

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Huh

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 12/02/2016 at 10:40

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I’ve got friends who work at the headquarters in AZ. I am jealous of them. Applied for a couple jobs there out of college, but never heard back.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 12/02/2016 at 10:42

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My dad sent me photos of it from IMTS when they built it, it looked awful.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 12/02/2016 at 10:44

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It almost looks like a KTM xbow. I’m interested to see what they decide to do with it. 

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 12/02/2016 at 11:13

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Yeah the 3D texture is bad but I’m assuming they left this one unpolished because it’s #cool

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > S65 12/02/2016 at 11:14

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S65 > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 12/02/2016 at 11:16

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That’s majestic af

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > S65 12/02/2016 at 11:16

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I googled “weird Christmas cards” just for you.

shop-teacher > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 12/02/2016 at 11:27

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I have to admit, as silly and unnecessary as this is ... I can’t help wanting one.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > shop-teacher 12/02/2016 at 11:32

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I don’t think it’s really that unnecessary because the tech that Can come out of this will be awesome. It is silly though.

shop-teacher > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 12/02/2016 at 11:47

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Yeah, silly is a better word for it.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 12/02/2016 at 12:48

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It didn’t help that they were printing at really low res so that they could print faster for an audience.

deprecated account > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 12/02/2016 at 16:03

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My Materials Science class is going to ORNL sometime in January. I’m super excited, especially for all the carbon fiber stuff.