Additive manufacturing, better known as 3D printing, is the modern holy grail of automotive development. When combined with artificial intelligence (AI), it allows an auto company to quickly develop, produce and test parts in a repeating cycle until every available gram of weight or count of wind drag is removed, leaving only what needs to be there.
Supercar maker Czinger Vehicles, based in Los Angeles, was co-founded and is run by Kevin and Lukas Czinger, father and son. Kevin is also CEO of Czinger’s parent company Divergent Technologies, a pioneer in 3D-printing technology. Czinger Vehicles is the direct beneficiary of this innovation, and now other automakers like Aston Martin, Mercedes-AMG and Bugatti are taking a hard look at what Divergent Technologies is doing.
Czinger Vehicles’ first model, called the 21C, was designed by AI and looks appropriately aggressive thanks to an interior and exterior designed by AI.
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