3D-printing takes to the racing track(11/10/2012)
Competing in the prestigious Formula Student 2012 challenge, a 16-strong team of next-generation engineers from the Belgian Group T has unveiled what is believed to be the world’s first racing car created largely via 3D printing techniques. The Areion - named after the swift, immortal horse of Greek mythology - is both innovative in terms of its design and method of construction and a good example of the use of green technologies.