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World's First 3D Printed Car

Imagine if you could build a car yourself, to your exact specifications - instantly!

With the push of a button, entrepreneurs took a major step toward making that a reality. This is the "Strati", and its inventors say that it is the world's first 3-D printed electric vehicle. The car didn't come off an assembly line. Instead, it was literally "printed" out of carbon fiber and plastic, using a giant 3-D printer.

Glass windows, headlights, the motor and battery, and a few other parts were added later.

Strati's creators say it took just 44 hours to build the car, and it used fewer than 50 parts!

Just don't plan on much highway driving in this tiny car -- it can only get up to about 40 miles an hour. Engineers working on Strati say they hope to bring the vehicle to market as early as next year, retailing for about $18,000.

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