General Motors Uses 3D Printing for New Concept Chevrolet Corvette

Additive manufacturing is widely used in the automotive industry, from the exterior and interior design of a vehicle to improvements in production processes. This is because complex components can often be produced more easily with additive technologies than with conventional manufacturing techniques. Furthermore, 3D printing allows users to try out digital designs using a test print, test and improve this prototype and quickly implement it in reality. This has been clearly shown with the new Chevrolet Corvette concept car from General Motors at the brand’s new UK design studio, which shows what car drivers can expect from vehicles in the future.

The automotive manufacturer General Motors has been using additive manufacturing in numerous application areas for almost 30 years – for example, it supports design processes, product and material construction, vehicle manufacturing and aftersales in order to print certain components directly for customers. Specifically, General Motors produces early prototypes using 3D printing technologies, as well as tools and accessories to simplify production. This also enables cost-saving and sustainable production of components.

New design studio for General Motors in Birmingham

3D printing is also being used in General Motors’ brand new Global Design Studio in Birmingham, where it is now possible to see the team’s first results: a futuristic concept design of the Chevrolet Corvette model. The new team is explicitly responsible for the innovative concept design of future General Motors vehicles. They are to actively shape “the future of mobility” and specifically form our ideas of what vehicles could look like in ten or even 20 years’ time.