The reality is you can teach yourself anything," Czinger says.
Not only that, Czinger says,
but the updated version of the car won a better crash rating.
So, in 2011, Czinger left CODA to start researching the concepts
that would eventually become Divergent 3D.
His experience at CODA ultimately led to the founding of Divergent 3D,
but first, Czinger had to fail.
Kevin Czinger says he wants to completely change how cars are built,
but his motivation isn't money or fame.
Yes, that's right: Some day, most cars will be
manufactured using 3D printing technology, if Czinger gets his way.
The machine doesn't care if you're doing the most complicated layer cake in the world or
you're doing a simple nail," Czinger says.
The[reduction of] tailpipe exhaust," Czinger says,“is fooling you into thinking that you're not
creating a super-destructive system, that any potential environmental benefits are offset.".
Czinger's past goes back to Cleveland,
where he grew up, and where he had a love of cars ingrained into him from a young age.
Czinger plans for Divergent to partner with major automakers and commercialize the technology,
which he believes could eventually lead to what he calls a democratization of cars.
Design, engineer, send data, manufacture, assemble the standard parts and customized Lego block connectors and
then you have an object," Czinger says, ticking off the steps of Divergent's process.