Gone are the days when we associated printers only with printing ink on paper! The company AP Works recently presented the Light Rider electric motorcycle, which is made with the help of a 3D printer. It is the first motorcycle of its kind, which gives it an ultra-light construction. It weighs a mere 35 kilograms!
3D printing is becoming an increasingly important player in the industry. Not only small objects, the future also promises a building made with the help of 3D printing. Well, you can take a look today the first electric motorcycle, which was created in this way. It sounds like a name Light Rider, and they made it at AP Works. For its manufacture, its engineers used bionic algorithms.
Although it is an ultra-lightweight motorcycle, the construction is extremely strong. Thanks to layering or alloy meshing Scalalloy (aircraft aluminum, which has the strength of titanium) with a thickness of up to 30 micrometers.
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Electric motorcycle Due to the special skeleton, Light Rider weighs only 35 kilograms and despite the small and weak engine - this one has 6 kW of power and 130 Nm of torque - it achieves good results. From 0 to 45 km/h it needs everything 3 seconds, and its top speed is decent 80 km/h. Electric range per charge is 80 kilometers. An e-bike is available in limited quantities, as AP Works intends to produce the most 50 copies, for which you must pay a reservation in the amount of two thousand euros, which is not even a twentieth of the price of the engine, which is (calculated) 51 thousand euros.
Gallery - Light Rider is the first printed motorcycle:
More information:
lightrider.apworks.de
