German firm unveils world's first 3D-printed motorbike

<p>This might be the future of motorbikes. Not because it looks like something Batman would ride.</p><p><img src="https://imedia-peoplesdaily.pdnews.cn/up/cms/www/201812/06120529hw58.jpg" title="VCG125296955_00004.jpg" alt="VCG125296955_00004.jpg"/></p><p><span style="color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">Video source: VCG</span></p><p>But because of the way it&#39;s made. German firm BigRep says the NERA is the first functioning two-wheeler made by 3D printing. Every part, except the electrical circuit, is made like this.</p><p>Plastic material laid down molecule by molecule.</p><p>The technique is, quite literally, reinventing the wheel.</p><p>But the NERA isn&#39;t about to go into production. 3D-printing is still too slow for mass production. Nevertheless, it&#39;s already driving innovation.&nbsp;</p>