Lexus made a full-size electric car out of cardboard and it’s kind of awesome
Oct07
Carmakers are always looking for new materials to make their vehicles lighter, but this one came out of left field: Lexus just made a working electric vehicle out of cardboard. Most of it, anyway. The Lexus Origami Car’s chassis, interior and wheels are made up of 1,700 laser cut pieces of cardboard modeled after the company’s IS Saloon vehicle; it took three months to assemble. I never thought a cardboard car could look so good. The lights and motor are of course made of other materials, and it obviously isn’t intended for the road. The cardboard seats sound like a…
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