Woah, is that a prop from an
upcoming Ridley Scott movie?
No, but you are looking at a very
futuristic hypercar. LA-based tech
firm Czinger was founded off the
back of Divergent 3D, a company
that specialises in advanced
additive manufacturing techniques
and the next generation of robotic
assembly systems.So... they 3D-printed a car?
Well, what better way to showcase
this new ability to achieve true
‘generative design’ than by creatingCzinger 21C
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$1,700,000 / czinger.com
a hypercar with the looks and
performance to take on the best?
When we asked CEO and founder
Kevin Czinger why he decided to
build a car, he responded: “Because
they’re awesome, man. They’re
what the planet is built around.
Look outside: parking lots, streets,
the entire structure of the modern
world is built around the car.”And what does ‘generative design’
actually mean?
According to Kevin, his new method
of designing, 3D-printing andrapidly assembling his vehicle
is “the antithesis of today’s car
production methods”. In short,
most mass-produced vehicles
require special tooling that can’t
be altered. Czinger’s tech allows
a designer’s creative ideas to be
expressed digitally then physically
in a very short space of time.Are there any off-the-shelf parts?
Not really, besides the brakes. Even
the engine and hybrid powertrain
have been developed in-house.
The beauty of the 3D-printedchassis (and most of the car) is
that it can be rapidly tweaked and
adjusted over time – or at least
until the lead engineers are happy.Seems like a lot of effort...
True, but Kevin Czinger is a car nut
as well as a tech genius. The 21C
weighs just 1090kg in its lightest
guise, but packs 1250hp from
a twin-turbo 2.9-litre V8 engine
and 220kW electric motors at the
front wheels. The team is made up
of former Tesla and Koenigsegg
folk... and rocket scientists, whichWHE EL S