Honda Creates Ground Breaking Concept Model

Recently, at the Paris Motor Show, Honda released a concept model that is as unique as its customers. They revealed a mostly 3D-printed, customizable electric vehicle that intends to offer customers a vehicle that can be exactly what they need. This idea could mean big things for the automotive industry as a whole. Elderly drivers could lower entry points, parents could add more doors and storage, and those interested in compact models could make a vehicle as small as they want.

A Honda spokesperson outlined how the company took design points and engineering know-how from its motorcycle division, resulting in a light but safe pipe-based skeleton under the paneling. This is apparently what gives the ‘micro commuter model’ structural integrity. The company had some assistance from design firm Kabuku, which put a bird on it — on the hatchback trunk, as well as the doors and seat. The car mostly has that familiarly, rough 3D-printed surface to it, but despite being the early first step in Honda’s efforts to offer a heavily customizable electric vehicle, today’s prototype could very much move. A handful of journalists and businessmen got to sit inside and drive it very briefly around a corner in a faux-Japanese village.”

@zshahan3. “Honda Shows Off 3D-Printed Customizable EV Concept.”CleanTechnica. N.p., 07 Oct. 2016. Web. 12 Oct. 2016.

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