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3-D printed cars are coming to National Harbor proving that the Maryland waterfront really is becoming a giant adult playground. Yesterday, local developers at Peterson Companies announced that Local Motors will open a 45,000 square-foot location at National Harbor before the year’s end. This will be the first East Coast location for the auto technology innovators and their only factory thus far that will produce the 3-D printed cars.

This iteration of Local Motors will be divided into a 20,000 square-foot lab, a 15,000 square foot showroom and a 10,000 square foot build floor, which is ostensibly where the 3-D printers will go. Even with such a large innovation lab, there’s a heavy online component to the production of the Local Motors vehicles. Designers from around the world submit prototypes which is why the road bikes and luxury race cars eventually sold by the company tend to have a unique look. The three additional Local Motors micro-factories in Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Knoxville (on the University of Tennessee campus) actually lets you drive the Rally Fighter alongside a licensed driver.

But more about those 3-D printed cars: They’re called the Strati and they were shown off yesterday at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The Strati are road ready, which is somewhat less terrifying than the 3-D printed gun that can shoot bullets. Furthermore, Peterson Companies chairman Milt Peterson believes that this three-phased printing technology will also help out road-ready folks without drivers’ licenses.

“We are proud to bring this revolutionary concept to the Washington, D.C. region and look forward to seeing the first 3-D printed cars, trikes, and even skateboards cruising the streets of National Harbor,” said Peterson at yesterday’s press conference.

While 2015 may not have the hoverboards that the second Back to the Future movie predicted, perhaps a 3-D printed car, or skateboard, is a close enough compromise.