A homemade electric car wears a body assembled from more than 600 printed pieces
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Kevin Kuehn also shared software for splitting oversized models into parts a desktop printer can make.
More than 600 printed pieces became the body of Kevin Kuehn’s working homemade electric car. He joined PETG sections and covered them with carbon fiber, a build subsequently covered by Hackaday. The printed part is the body: its electric powertrain comes from a Nissan Leaf.
In his November 9 post, Kuehn said three printers ran continuously for about a month. The car also uses Miata suspension and a steel frame. The overall project took roughly three years, showing how much work remained beyond printing.
His published Section3D software divides oversized models into printer-sized parts, labels them, and produces assembly instructions and printing files. For other makers, that reusable preparation workflow may matter more than reproducing this particular car.
Kuehn says the car passed the relevant California inspections. He has driven it at around 35–40 mph and does not intend to use highways. Registration should not be mistaken for demonstrated production-car crash safety.
Original source published: Kevin Kuehn / Reddit, Nov 10, 2026, 00:25:28 Beijing / Nov 9, 2026, 11:25:28 AM EST; Hackaday, Nov 10, 2026, 11:00:06 Beijing / Nov 9, 2026, 10:00:06 PM EST; cited Section3D README revision, Oct 22, 2026, 01:51:08 Beijing / Oct 21, 2026, 1:51:08 PM EDT.
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