The means for transportation have just gone better. Considering the needs and facts of sustainable bio-environment and diminishing natural energy reserves respectively, an independent team of seasoned designers took the initiative to transform the basic patterns of automotive industry.

Herein, we are underscoring an echo-friendly hybrid car. So what? There are already hundreds of hybrid engines on the road. What’s so special about it? Let me tell you, there is a key difference. Urbee 2 would be the first ever 3-D printed car with a very elegant aerodynamic design. The brand name is a compound of Urban, Electric and Ethanol. With its exterior made of molten polymer layers, this vehicle weighs about 1200 pounds and has three wheels (two in the front, one in the back). The body printed in several parts will then be assembled and mounted on a steel frame. This will surely bless 3D printing concept with new dimensions of manufacturing.

Brains by Jim Kor, assisted by his small team of originators, have successfully designed this smart car to debut somewhere in 2015. In a nonconventional way, the car will make its first public appearance with a voyage across the United States. Cody and Tyler Kor, (20 and 22 years old, respectively) sons of Jim Kor are the two young nomads to carry out this journey accompanied by their dog, named Cupid. The case in point links itself back to the idea of traveling from San Francisco to New York in a car by Horatio Nelson Jackson. The defined route is same as that, chosen by Nelson Jackson and his friend Sewall K. Crocker in 1903. The claims are made to cover this road trip in only 10 gallons of bio-fuel within merely 48 hours.

Notably, Urbee 2 is an advanced version of its forerunner venture Urbee. The prototype of which was recently completed this year. The body of this prototype is 3D printed and is the greenest practical car ever made. Coming to the specifications of this prototype, it would have a 7 horsepower engine associated with two batteries, single-cylinder and electric motors. This recipe is expected to generate 300 MPG of energy resulting in a speed of maximum 70 miles per hour. Its aerodynamic structure would help it gain a speed advantage.

This is surely an expensive project and difficult to be carried out without any support. The development team urges for sponsors to sum up $3 million. A successful fundraising will bring an unbelievable show to the world. The direct sponsors will have their stickers placed on the vehicle, while its voyage.

Although we still have abundant means of natural resources for energy, but these are definitely not eternal. The engineers with concern of imminent energy crises are in continuous attempts to reach a ground breaking point, where they can offer a rational alternative to traditional means of transportation. Projects like Urbee 2 with easy ways of production, low operating cost, and responsive to the ecosystem need to be contemplated and provisioned for a vigorous future.