Case Study: BPG, INC achieves rapid virtual prototyping and $800K in new funding with SolidWorks

Ben Gulak and team design the next wave of personal transportation using SolidWorks

BPG, INC (Ben Gulak’s companies BPG Motors and BPG‑Werks) develops compact electric vehicles such as the Uno and the DTV Shredder. Facing the need for greater design precision than SketchUp provided, lower prototyping costs, and stronger investor presentations to scale production, BPG, INC turned to SolidWorks for 3D CAD, virtual prototyping and photorealistic rendering.

Using SolidWorks, BPG, INC moved all design work into a single CAD environment, enabling virtual prototypes that saved thousands of dollars in material costs, faster in‑house part production, and photorealistic visuals that helped secure an additional $800,000 from angel investors. SolidWorks thereby improved development speed, investor engagement and readiness for both consumer and military markets.

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