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engine is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think eco-friendly cars this is the blade a coal that's made in a very different way to other vehicles being environmentally friendly starts long before it hits the road what we've tried to do is dematerialize auto manufacturer meeting radically reduce the materials and energy that go into a car the blade claims to be the first supercar made from 3d printed components there are 70 structural nodes that are used to connect carbon-fiber panels and tubing for the chassis the car took just eight months from design to production whereas traditional car manufacturing takes several years well the cool thing about this is that we're building modular structures that will be completely validated and safety tested and can be rican formed to be whatever shape and whatever body you want with a 700 horsepower 4-cylinder engine it can hit 60 miles an hour in just two point two seconds other cars are being even more ambitious about using 3d printing like the LM 3d from local motors 75% of the vehicle will be made from 3d printed parts in San Francisco Lexus Avedis cnet.com for CBS News