The Polymaker LSEV Is A Chinese 3D-Printed Car For £7000

You don't get a lot for £7000 if you're in the new car market, but for that price one Chinese company will sell you its quirky solution for inner-city mobility

In a country where inner city pollution is reaching crisis levels, there’s plenty of scope for car makers to innovate zero-emission solutions. You’re looking at exactly that.

This strange-looking effort from Chinese firm Polymaker, in partnership with Italian specialists E Electric Vehicle, has just 57 non-3D-printed parts, down from about 2000 in a typical normal car. Powered by batteries and an electric motor, this love-child of a Renault Twizy and a Toyota iQ weighs 450kg and can reach a dizzying top speed of 43mph.

The Polymaker LSEV Is A Chinese 3D-Printed Car For £7000

Despite the fact that it’s slower than many 50cc mopeds, the LSEV could be the solution Chinese cities need. A predicted driving range of up to 93 miles should be adequate for simply getting you in and out of the urban sprawl before returning to the same park and ride-style venue you picked it up from.

This prototype took three days to build, but Polymaker says a production line churning out 500 annual units is possible. Sales of the dinky city car, whose crash safety performance is so far a mystery, should start late next year, with prices of around £7100.

The Polymaker LSEV Is A Chinese 3D-Printed Car For £7000

This isn’t the first prototype 3D-printed car, but it should be the first to reach showrooms, even if those showrooms are metaphorical. Lately we’ve also seen 3D-printed brake calipers by Bugatti and, a little more affordably, 3D-printed dashboard trim for your Mini.

Source: Autocar

Comments

EliteBGN

looks…. interesting.

03/26/2018 - 12:48 |
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suchdoge

Id rather get a renault Twizy…

03/26/2018 - 12:53 |
6 | 2

Wasn’t it around 7 grand too?

03/26/2018 - 21:46 |
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Anonymous

When you crash, is there a 3D printer deploying the airbags too?

03/26/2018 - 12:55 |
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Nishant Dash

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

fortnite wall building intensifies

03/26/2018 - 13:10 |
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German Perfectionist

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03/26/2018 - 13:09 |
2 | 2
Peanut_guy

You can have a brand new Dacia Logan

03/26/2018 - 13:10 |
6 | 0
UnknownCat13

Shocking performance right there

03/26/2018 - 13:17 |
2 | 2
Anonymous

With looks like that im glad its for the chinese

03/26/2018 - 13:20 |
6 | 0
Rise Comics

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Not even the Chinese deserve to be tortured by that mug.

03/27/2018 - 12:05 |
4 | 0
Anonymous

I’ll take the bus thanks

03/26/2018 - 13:37 |
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Anonymous

Ah, 2018

03/26/2018 - 13:45 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

More bull shaiche from China, now even crappier, meanwhile: elio actually finishes engine development, but doesn’t have enough money to start production and sondors(lower budget ebike manufacturer, innovative in its segment) builds an enclosed electric trike, Thus joining the market for small inner city personal transport

03/26/2018 - 23:21 |
0 | 0
Bryan from Philly

looks at name
sees LS
cries because it isn’t V8 LS

03/26/2018 - 14:53 |
16 | 2

Realised that its a civiv ls

03/26/2018 - 23:13 |
0 | 0

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