Comment by layer8
7 months ago
The car would be unlikely to exist if its maker had to expect free clones without compensation. So yes, people would mind.
7 months ago
The car would be unlikely to exist if its maker had to expect free clones without compensation. So yes, people would mind.
Completely untrue. If some clever engineer or consortium of engineers designed a 3D-printable car for 3D printing-and-manufacturing companies to make then it surely would exist. If you buy one from a Ford dealership you'd be getting the Ford-branded version which may have their own tweaks to the design.
It makes perfect sense to me that the big carmakers could get together some day and develop a handful of car platforms that all their cars will be built upon. That way they can buy the parts from any number of manufacturers (on-demand!) and save themselves a ton of money.
They kind of already do that, actually =)