Nera, a fully 3D-printed motorbike designed by German additive manufacturing company BigRep, has been unveiled with futuristic visuals akin to the Batmobile and the vehicles in Blade Runner.
Billed as a "world first" by the company, all parts of the Nera electric motorbike – excluding the electrical components – have been 3D-printed, including the tyres, rims, frame, fork (which connects the front wheel and axle to the frame) and seat.

The vehicle was designed by Marco Mattia Cristofori and Maximilian Sedlak from BigRep's innovation lab to display the firm's ability to use new materials and techniques, and is not yet for sale.
"Nera illustrates the massive benefits that 3D-printing offers for the production of end-use parts, particularly for batch sizes between lot size one [small quantities manufactured in a single production run] to small series, by reducing lead times and costs, optimising supply chains and limiting dependency on supplier networks," said the manufacturer.
The motorcycle was 3D-printed using the fused filament fabrication (FFF) process, which feeds a continuous filament of thermoplastic material through a moving, heated printer extruder head.
In addition to running on a fully electric engine embedded in the back rim, with the battery fitted within the angular body, the Nera motorbike features airless tires, embedded sensor technology and flexible bumpers instead of suspension.

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