2015 Divergent Blade: “The Best Car No One Ever Heard Of"
Jay Leno interviews CEO and founder of Divergent Technologies. Enter the 2015 Divergent Blade. This is an amazing car no one has ever heard of before.
The days of molten steel are numbered. 3D printing technologies and creation and use of carbon fiber parts are steadily on the rise from numerous manufacturers driving labor costs down, and then replacing it with better parts thus making the automotive industry lighter, faster, and more nimble as a whole. Who needs large heavy boats? Petroleum fuel can power cars more efficiently, instead of pushing steel bricks along with unnecessary weight.
CEO Kevin Czinger and the Divergent Blade
Welcome Kevin Czinger, CEO and founder of Divergent Technologies. Enter the 2015 Divergent Blade. This is an amazing car no one has ever heard of before. Powered by a 2.4L mid-engined Mitsubishi Evo X 4G63 dual overhead cams (DOHC) producing 720 HP built by AMS, bored and stroked, with a Holinger 6-speed sequential with flappy-paddle shift on the steering column, this 2-seat supercar is ready to accelerate faster than the speed of light.
Front VIew of the Divergent Blade
Rear View of the Divergent Blade. The passenger sits in-line of the driver, not side-by-side.
3/4ths View of the 2015 Divergent Blade
Much like the 1999 McLaren F1, the driver and the passenger sit tandem centered in the car over the driveline for better weight balance and distribution. The seats are entirely made of carbon fiber. Inspiration for the body panel design was partially from Kevin, himself being a “hot-rodder”, as well as directly from the inspiration from the (in)famous Lola T70. With a dry weight of only 1388 lbs. and Brembo brakes, this supercar can go fast, and stop faster. This may be the work of Savitar, the god of speed himself.
4046 Aluminum + 3D Printing Technologie
What makes the car so amazing? Instead of heavy automotive grade steel that is dense and heavy, they have used 4046 aluminum printed on 3D metal printers that creates each part for the body and the chassis, i.e. axles, control arms, and tie rods, etc. This 4046 aluminum outperforms the standard T6 cast aluminum or standard automotive steel in both weight savings and cost to produce. Materials are engineered with 3D printing for their specific purpose, and optimized to fit perfectly together with help of digital engineering software. This drastically cuts the cost of man-made labor-hours as well as material costs to produce the Blade. Thus, with a low cost, high efficiency, and high safety (theoretical), this could be the perfect car of the future. I definitely look forward to driving one.
Jay Leno's Garage -- Test Drive + Interview with Kevin Czinger
Photo Gallery (courtesy of Divergent Technologies, Inc.
Sources:
Divergent 3D. "Divergent -- Green Automotive Manufacturing". “Blade Supercar -- Divergent”. <www.divergent3d.com/blade-supercar/>. Accessed August 27, 2017.
Leno, Jay. YouTube. “Jay Leno’s Garage”. "2015 Divergent Blade - Jay Leno's Garage” <www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPv7PwS50OE>. Published June 26, 2017. Accessed August 27, 2017.
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I like it!
so trick! Shared on the D_TRB USA facebook page!
Thank you, my brother.
This is a great story and one I hadn't heard before. Thank you for posting. I don't know how the different materials will interact when bonded, given different metals don't like touching, but these guys should try to put their technology out there for everyone to see by racing it.
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Think I'd want some friction matting on those humungous sills. But otherwise, this looks like a 4-wheel bike (with 720 BHP @_@)!