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La Bandita Speedster

California-based digital manufacturing company Hackrod plans to offer car templates to customers, or accept their own ideas, to design and print their own dream car with the support of tried technology. Cloud-based solutions will handle everything from component sourcing to hardware integration. Customers will be kept up to date with the manufacturing process, watching how their dream cars get born in virtual reality. Before production starts, they can even test the car in a video game simulator. At the very end, parts are ordered, and the car is built before their very eyes. Hackrod is working hard at achieving this goal, and is currently producing this first prototype, the spectacular La Bandita Speedster. This is the world’s first virtual reality-designed, 3D-printed automobile, and you can preorder your´s on the Hackrod website. watch the video below



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Yakima EXO System

Yakima is set revolutionize the humble trailer hitch with a system they are calling EXO. Described as a "roof rack for your hitch", the modular cargo storage system allows for a variety of boxes, racks and other solutions to be mounted to the back of your car in 20 different configurations. The whole innovative system is built upon the Yakima EXO SwingBase, and allows your hitch to store anything you need for virtually any adventure. Simply add and adapt t...
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Truck-Mounted Solar Panels

Truck mounted solar panels are finally moving from concept to real world utility, and pickup beds are the reason why. Flat, wide, and constantly exposed to the sun, a truck bed is almost perfect for capturing solar energy. For years the idea of solar tonneau covers floated around as a promise from automakers, but it is aftermarket innovators that have turned it into something you can actually use. Modern truck mounted solar panels are typically built into folding...
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JAGUAR C X16

Jaguar confirmed the presentation of the C-X16 Coupe at the Motor Show in Frankfurt (Germany) in September. Designed by the same team that designed the models XJ, XK and XF, this concept car reveals the next generation of design from the British brand. The supercar features a 3.0-liter V6 engine with 376hp allowing the car to accelerate from 0 to 60 in 4.3 seconds with a top speed of 186 mph. The car features a hybrid system allowing it to travel at 50 mph on electr...
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