Scotsman Debuts World’s First Custom 3D-Printed Carbon Fiber Scooter

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MILPITAS, Calif. — Scotsman, a Silicon Valley-based electrical scooter model, has unveiled its flagship product, the world’s first electrical scooter customized 3D-printed completely in carbon fiber composite.

The Scotsman touts a real unibody development, 3D-printed with single passes of steady carbon fiber thermoplastic composite. Not like different high-end scooters which have sure elements which might be composite, the Scotsman’s your complete body, handlebar, stem, and baseboard is product of carbon fiber composite. It’s constructed with out joints or glue for seamless energy. The scooter is produced utilizing the newest thermoplastic supplies, making it extraordinarily influence resistant, but remarkably light-weight.

Scotsman makes use of a complicated 3D-printing course of permitting for unprecedented ranges of customization. Every body is tailor made for the proprietor’s physique measurements and driving model.

“In designing the Scotsman, we wished to raise the scooter expertise to a classy technique of transportation. One which appeals to the city skilled commuting to work and the efficiency geek who needs the newest in electrical mobility too. 3D printing with carbon fiber composite permits us to pursue designs not in any other case doable in different supplies and fabrication strategies,” mentioned Josh Morenstein, Founding father of Department Artistic, the award-winning design studio behind the design of Scotsman. Beforehand, Department Artistic designed the Hen 2 electrical scooter.

Along with the superior supplies and manufacturing strategies used, the Scotsman is full of the highest-end options: excessive energy motors (as much as 2000 Watt output), a twin motor system for added stability, a twin regenerative brake system, a proprietary composite suspension system, a twin battery bay structure for prolonged driving, a fast launch battery system that doubles as a USB-C powerbank to cost your electronics, a totally related (all the time on GPS + mobile) driving expertise, together with Discover My Scooter and Unlock options, and a built-in dashcam that has a Report My Trip characteristic.

“The Scotsman is an unimaginable automobile and a triumph not simply in engineering however in demonstrating a wholly new means of bringing merchandise to market. The staff has lowered the lengthy (years) and costly means of the normal manufacturing set as much as a a lot sooner (weeks) and extra agile method whereas concurrently enabling mass customization. That is fulfilling the dream of additive manufacturing at scale, not simply in bodily construct quantity with printing a whole scooter, however within the amount and velocity of items being made,” mentioned Kota Nezu, an award-winning designer who was the Chief Idea Automotive Designer for Toyota and developed the zeCOO, the primary eMotocycle made in Japan.

The Scotsman electrical scooter will retail for $2,999 and is accessible for pre-order now. Delivery begins in December 2021.

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Scotsman is a U.S. scooter model producing light-weight, impact-resistant electrical scooters. Utilizing superior carbon fiber composite supplies and revolutionary 3D-printing manufacturing, each unit is customized constructed for purchasers in response to their dimension, driving kinds, and use case.