Ningbo Daily reports that Ningbo CAS Zhongke Xianglong supplied 3D-printed inverter cooling plates to TU Berlin's FaSTTUBe team, helping it secure the team's first-ever victory at the 2026 Formula Student Poland event. The cooling plate uses an additively manufactured integrated design, reducing weight by 15% and enabling superior flow channel geometry within a compact space, demonstrating how aerospace-grade 3D printing technology can transfer to motorsport applications. Formula Student is a top-tier competitive arena for developing automotive engineering talent, and participating teams' extreme pursuit of lightweighting and heat dissipation mirrors aerospace requirements, making it a high-visibility validation ground for additive manufacturing technology. For powder buyers: motorsport and automotive component applications create demand for small-batch, highly customized aluminum alloy and superalloy powders, offering a lightweighting showcase window for powder manufacturers seeking to enter the automotive supply chain. Endorsement cases from such competitions can serve as real-world application testimonials for powder grade promotion. Powder manufacturers are advised to establish joint validation projects with university teams to accumulate reusable thermal management application data.