Podcasts about Local Motors

GUESTS: Dan Sturges and Lukas NeckermannABOUT THIS EPISODELifelong car fan and vehicle designer Dan Sturges discusses his new book, ‘Near to Far: A design for a new equitable and sustainable transportation system'. The book is both the culmination of a life in vehicle design and the automotive industry, and something a manifesto for the future of mobility.You'll note the reference to Dan being a car fan, but not a petrolhead, for reasons that will become clear.The list of organisations which he has worked is long; a transportation designer, entrepreneur, and educator, his career started as an automobile designer at General Motors, and has since included time at, among others, ITS at UC Davis, GEM cars, Segway, Calstart, IntraGO, Local Motors, Acorn Delivery, and the US Transportation Research Board committee for New Public Transportation Systems and Technology.Dan has become increasingly disillusioned by the increase not just in the number of vehicles on the road, but also the size of those vehicles, many of which are disproportionately large for everyday use. And it's that term, everyday use, which Dan seeks to address in his book. The references to vehicle size here lean towards what's offered to North American buyers, but even in Europe, it's difficult to think of a vehicle that got smaller from one generation to the next.In this episode, Dan talks about how you can be a mobility advocate and a car fan – they're not mutually exclusive; how car designers can help in the transition from ownership to usership; and why the transition is impossible without a holistic mobility ecosystem that incorporates new vehicles, new infrastructure, and new business models.Also on this episode is Lukas Neckermann, of Neckermann Strategic Advisors – Lukas is, as many listeners will know, a major advocate of urban mobility, and like Dan, has a background in the automotive industry.EPISODE NOTESYou can learn more about Dan's book - Near to Far: A design for a new equitable and sustainable transportation system - by following this link, and by checking local Amazon stores for availability.ABOUT THE GUESTSDan SturgesDan is a mobility designer, educator, and entrepreneur. Learn more about Dan here - and connect with him on LinkedInLukas NeckermannLukas is a consultant, speaker, mobility advocate and the author of several books on the future of mobility.Learn more about Neckermann Associates hereConnect with Lukas on LinkedInYou can subscribe to Ride: The Urban Mobility Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Feel free to share it, like it, give it a rating, sign up to the Ride LinkedIn page, and check out our website, ridemobilitypodcast.com.

Before starting Loci Robotics, Max Heres had a storied history beginning with the study of polymer physics before working as a graduate research assistant at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and going on to large-format 3D printing startup Local Motors. His deep experience in this technology led him to come up with a company that makes robotic arm-based polymer 3D printers. We end up taking a fascinating segue into the physics of what goes on when you 3D print. Max was able to explain some completely simple things that we knew and some others that we didn't know very well. Really great episode.

PICKING UP THE PACE|Jay Rogers, founder and CEO of haddy- a 3D -printed furniture company,  joins host Gregg Garrett to discuss the lessons he learned by 3D printing autonomous vehicles and how the team is now looking to disrupt the complete supply chain of a less regulated industry with a similar product set. Of course, Jay speaks about his Top 3: God, who is part of his life everyday, his boys who help him to learn and reverse mentor him, and 3-star General Mike Dana who specializes in servant leadership. And you have to hear what he has to say about reading by candlelight. ABOUT JAY ROGERS John “Jay” Rogers is CEO and Co-Founder of haddy inc. – a pioneering digital manufacturing company serving the furniture industry and built on revolutionary technology and IP. Haddy is changing the way furniture is designed, built, delivered, and recycled. It is the world's first micro-manufacturer of furniture produced through a proprietary method of direct digital manufacturing (“DDM”). Through DDM, haddy enables more rapid technology and material adoption and a superior resilient supply chain.   Jay grew up a lover of woodworking, machines, and a student of industry; his grandfather owned the legendary Indian Motorcycle Company, founded concrete and steel giant Texas Industries, and was the first Cummins Engine Distributor in the United States. Jay's grandfather is also credited with saving the Public Broadcasting System during the Nixon Administration and founding the Children's Television Workshop, which is best known for Sesame Street. In combining his family legacy of manufacturing, his military leadership, entrepreneurship, and education, Jay has hand selected a team of co-founders and set forth on a most ambitious plan: Creating, heroic, beautiful, durable furniture for retailers, to their design, built locally in the most resilient and sustainable manner.   He graduated from Princeton University and went to a startup in China and then to Ewing & Partners where he became a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). After that, he went on to the US Marine Corps where he served for 9 years in the infantry in the western Pacific and Iraq, to Harvard Business School and to become a consultant for McKinsey & Co. Most recently, he founded and led Local Motors, a next generation vehicle OEM. It was there that Jay discovered the basic technology of DDM, and in 2021 he handed over the reins of Local Motors to a new investor group and left to start haddy full-time. The story of how communities of customers and suppliers can effectively participate in the innovation and creation of leading technology products is a journey Jay shares widely. He has spoken at BIF, PopTech, TedX, Picnic in Amsterdam, Do Conference in Wales, St Gallen Symposium, the White House conference on making, CES, CeBIT, IMTS, Singularity University, and many more conclaves. Additionally, the story of American innovation, co-creation and digital manufacturing has been shared on Discovery, PBS, Fox, CNBC, and Speed Channel. You can find Jay's impact first in long form narrative as part of many books, starting with MacroWikinomics written by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams and more recently in America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age by Rework America and Zoe Baird. His work has also been featured in Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Wired, Top Gear, AutoWeek, Inc., Details, Forbes, and others. In 2020, he was awarded the honor of leading Local Motors to one of the top 10 global innovative transportation companies by Popular Science. Jay is a director of the RBR Foundation, which gives annually to the cause of childhood education and development. He is the father of 4 boys who are growing up in a connected age and whom, he hopes, will take advantage of the incredible opportunity that the internet has given the world.   Visit Jay, haddy and the future of American Manufacturing Innovation in Tampa, FL where the first haddy microfactory is being built, and where he calls headquarters and home. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS During this episode:  Introduction [0:00] What a Time to Be in the Workforce [1:09] Introduction to Jay [3:53] The “Top Three” God who is part of his life everyday  [6:26] General Mike Dana who taught him servant leadership [8:57] His boys who help him learn and reverse teach him [17:00] Other Talking Points: What is haddy? [19:25] Revolutionizing Manufacturing through Micro-Manufacturing [24:00] Dismantling Supply Chain [30:18] Where do you find these people?  [33:30]] Bravery and Courage [38:40] What does Jay fear? [43:00] You have to hear this… Reading by Candlelight [44:30] ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Contact Jay Rogers: Jay's LinkedIn Jay's email: jay@haddy.life Haddy.life (website to go live soon!)   Contact Gregg Garrett: Gregg's LinkedIn Gregg's Twitter Gregg's Bio   Contact CGS Advisors: Website LinkedIn Twitter

- Automakers Shutting Down Their Russian Plants - Stellantis CEO Tavares Hits Payday Jackpot - Lordstown Will Finally Start Making EV Trucks - Local Motors Auctions Off Assets - How VW Updated T-Roc - Turning the Entire Car into A Radar Antenna - First Drive: Kia EV6 - Kyle Vogt Named Cruise CEO - Changan To Mass Produce L4 Cars - Lucid to Make 150,000 Cars/Year in Saudi Arabia… - …But Has to Cut Production for Now

- Automakers Shutting Down Their Russian Plants- Stellantis CEO Tavares Hits Payday Jackpot- Lordstown Will Finally Start Making EV Trucks- Local Motors Auctions Off Assets- How VW Updated T-Roc- Turning the Entire Car into A Radar Antenna- First Drive: Kia EV6- Kyle Vogt Named Cruise CEO- Changan To Mass Produce L4 Cars- Lucid to Make 150,000 Cars/Year in Saudi Arabia…- …But Has to Cut Production for Now

GUEST: Justin Fishkin, Co-founder, Future/Of PANEL: Chris Paukert, Roadshow by CNET; Gary Vasilash, on Automotive; John McElroy, Autoline.tv

- GM Mexico Workers to Vote on New Union- Tesla Signs Graphite Deal- BP Says EV Charger Profitability Close to Gas Stations- Kia Shares More Niro Details- Local Motors Goes Out of Business- Electric Cooper SE Best Selling Vehicle in Mini's Lineup- CATL Jumps into Battery Swapping Business- Chinese Startup Develops Autonomous Trucks with Swappable Batteries- Buick GL8 Avenir Now Available with Hands-Free Driving- NIO Offers 1st OTA Update Outside of China

- GM Mexico Workers to Vote on New Union - Tesla Signs Graphite Deal - BP Says EV Charger Profitability Close to Gas Stations - Kia Shares More Niro Details - Local Motors Goes Out of Business - Electric Cooper SE Best Selling Vehicle in Mini's Lineup - CATL Jumps into Battery Swapping Business - Chinese Startup Develops Autonomous Trucks with Swappable Batteries - Buick GL8 Avenir Now Available with Hands-Free Driving - NIO Offers 1st OTA Update Outside of China

The end of the road for Local Motors, the robotaxi arms race in China, Tesla trouble in California, a GM-Qualcomm partnership and more in episode 251 of Smart Driving Cars. Join Princeton's Alain Kornhauser and co-host Fred Fishkin for the latest on autonomous mobility and transportation. Don't forget to subscribe! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smartdrivingcars/support

Matthew Lipka, Head Of Policy, Nuro and Bert Kaufman, Head of Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Zoox joined Grayson Brulte on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss why autonomy and electrification make the future of mobility and delivery possible.The conversation begins with Matthew and Bert discussing what the SAVE Coalition is and why the coalition was founded. The idea for SAVE was originally hatched at an autonomous vehicle conference in late 2017 and further formulated during a coffee meeting at Philz Coffee in San Mateo, CA between Matthew and Bert.Both Nuro and Zoox had and still have a unique point of view on autonomy. Both companies along with Local Motors decided not to retrofit a vehicle for autonomy and instead choose to build purpose-built vehicles from the ground up.We got a unique point of view because we made the deliberate decision to not retrofit. – Bert KaufmanWhen companies choose to build a bespoke vehicle, it creates new opportunities but also unique policy challenges such as updating the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS).If you are rethinking the car then you are not going to be building an internal combustion engine. You are not going to be building a vehicle that is designed just for protecting that those inside. It is also going to be thinking about those outside of the vehicle. There are a lot of opportunities this creates both in the robotaxi as well in the delivery space. – Matthew LipkaAs companies such as Zoox prepare to commercialize their robotaxi services, they are working to properly set expectations.The first to know is that it is going to be a very shallow ramp into society for these fully autonomous vehicles to start driving around on public roads. – Bert KaufmanTrust is the other key component to ensuring the safe deployment of autonomous vehicles. First responders have to trust that they can safely engage with the vehicle. The public has to trust that the vehicle will get them to and from their destination safely. Once trust is developed and the public's expectations are set, robotaxis and autonomous vehicle delivery services can scale.One of the most effective ways to build trust is through education. SAVE is working to educate policymakers and the public about the benefits of bespoke electric autonomous vehicles. One of the best ways to educate the public and to build trust is through interactive autonomous vehicle demo days where individuals can experience the technology first-hand.People who have interacted with an autonomous vehicle, more than 75% of them say they trust autonomous vehicles, I would use it again. But people who haven't, the number is much lower. – Matthew LipkaAutonomy and electrification are enabling designers and engineers to completely reimagine what is possible. This is exactly what Nuro and Zoox are accomplishing through design.There are all sorts of new designs that may be necessary or possible created by autonomy. We are just at the beginning of learning that. – Matthew LipkaIn order for this to happen, policies and regulations have to be updated. Policymakers and regulators have to look past what is considered normal and to a future that prioritizes safety innovations.These new technologies offer the promise of new safety innovations for our roadways. – Bert KaufmanWrapping up the conversation, Matthew, Bert, and Grayson discuss the future of autonomy.Recorded on Monday, November 15, 2021.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Greg Rogers, Public Policy Manager, Nuro joined Grayson Brulte on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the future of local commerce.The conversation begins with Greg discussing Nuro's plan for the new manufacturing facility and test track in Las Vegas, Nevada. The facility will employ 250 individuals and generate as much as $2.2 billion in economic benefits for Nevada in the first 10 years.This is the first such factory in America which will have the capacity to manufacture tens of thousands of autonomous delivery vehicles. – Greg RogersWith the factory being built to manufacture and scale the autonomous delivery robots, Grayson asks Greg what has to be done from a policy perspective to ensure that the company can scale. As Nuro looks at policy, the company was one of the founders of the SAVE Coalition with Zoox and Local Motors.Often new technologies that are transformational do not look like anything that came before it. – Greg RogersAs autonomous vehicle technology and electric vehicle battery technology merge, an opportunity arises to completely rethink the design of vehicles. This is exactly what Nuro is doing with the R2. The R2 was designed from the ground up for delivery.In Houston, Texas, Nuro's R2 is actively autonomously delivering pizzas through a partnership with Dominos. The R2 is bringing smiles and joy to the residents of Houston as the robot becomes part of the community.R2 is designed to be a friendly introduction to autonomous vehicles. – Greg RogersBesides pizzas, FedEx packages are being delivered in Houston with the R2. It is important to note that Nuro's partnership with FedEx is a multi-year, multi-phase agreement that is revenue-generating for Nuro.Since the structure of this partnership is uncommon in the autonomous vehicle industry as it is not a pilot, Grayson asks Greg how Nuro was able to secure this deal.We have a goods-only focus. That is a benefit. We are laser-focused on delivery. The companies that we are partnering with are laser-focused on delivery as part of their business model.Since delivery is our business as it is with our partners, we do not look at delivery as an alternative go-to-market plan. We do not look it at something that we dabble in. Our partners know that our interest unequivocally aligns with theirs. – Greg RogersShifting the conversation to a personal level, Greg discusses growing up in the Central Valley of California and the impact it had on him.It's ground zero for food insecurity. The breadbasket of the world is actually where a lot of people struggle with hunger. – Greg RogersWanting to pursue a career in politics, Greg moved to Washington, D.C. After quitting his job as a political consultant, Greg started driving for Lyft and Uber full-time and blogged about his experience. During these rides, Greg noticed a trend of individuals ordering rides to grocery stores. With the autonomous delivery of groceries, individuals will save money and time, all the while having a positive impact on society.Wrapping up the conversation, Greg shares his thoughts on the future of mobility.More mobility is a good thing. – Greg RogersRecorded on Tuesday, October 19, 2021.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Join me and 500 entrepreneurs Monday-Thursday @8am for the largest morning mastermind on the planet. Click here join us https://bit.ly/3jLMvUJPeachtree Corners officials hailed the return of autonomous shuttles during a Wednesday event. Four shuttles made by two different companies will take a 3-mile loop around the city's test track alongside regular traffic on Technology Parkway, wedged between Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Ga. 141.“We're talking about the deployment of first-of-its-kind technology on a public road,” said City Manager Brian Johnson during a press conference. The 5G-powered shuttles, some made by Arizona's Local Motors and others by French-based Navya, will make seven stops within 25 minutes when traversing the city's technology hub. The free-to-ride shuttles will begin operating 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday in about two weeks.SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com

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Today: Cruise to start driverless testing in California; Caterpillar grows its AV division; Local Motors plans to test its new Ollie 2.0 in Toronto. All this… right now. Driverless Cruise I’ve been a big fan of GM’s Cruise (formerly Cruise Automation) pretty much since ever. But I didn’t agree with their announcement in 2019 that they would release to the world a true driverless car — sans steering wheel, mind — onto the chaotic streets of San Francisco by year’s end. First, I said it was an unlikely goal to achieve, which of course they didn’t. Alternatively, even if they did achieve it… so what? What really matters is not so much the marketing hype of demonstrating to the world that you have an L5-capable vehicle, but rather that consumers are actually using it, like Waymo is doing in Arizona. Now GM has become the fifth company in California to receive from the California Department of Motor Vehicles a driverless testing permit for their Cruise vehicle on the streets of California. But they still aren’t testing them; at least not yet. More to the point, I still say “so what” in the sense that it would be vastly cooler to get paying customers in their cars on limited roads across San Francisco. Caterpillar’s Heavy Metal AV While COVID-19 has obviously caused a bit of a slump in the real estate and construction sector, reflected by a sales dip in heavy metal machinery like Caterpillar’s tractors and earth movers, their AV division is seeing a marked up-tick. Have a listen to find out why. Ollie 2.0 Local Motors has signed a deal to start testing its Ollie 2.0 autonomous shuttle pods on the streets of Toronto starting in Spring 2021. But with seating for up to 8 passengers, I question their viability during these times of COVID, and suggest that something like driverless car rides like Waymo and (eventually) Cruise are vastly more relevant immediate solution. --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democracy Works. howto.vote · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/ · Charity Promotion: HeadCount: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter registration and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.headcount.org/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/autonomous-cars-with-marc-hoag/message

The season finale of season 2! I pulled five high-impact segments across the episodes to bring you some very impactful, thought-provoking, and challenging content. This episode featured Bill Militello of Militello Capital, Localvest, 10x Vets, Ty Smith of CommSafe[ai], Jay Rogers of Local Motors, Jeremy Stalnecker with the Mighty Oaks Foundation, and Alexander Kunz with OP2 Labs.Support the show (https://paypal.me/aaronspatzpodcast?locale.x=en_US)

Matt Garbarino, Director of Marketing Communication at Cincinnati Incorporated outlines his career at one of the oldest machine tool manufacturers in the U.S., producing press brakes, laser cutting systems, shears, PM presses, and additive equipment. Cincinnati was the first company to use Big Area Additive Manufacturing, or BAAM, technology to print the world’s first 3D printed car, the Strati from Local Motors then later, a Ford Cobra. Matt manages all marketing, branding and communications initiatives for the company. Before his second term at Cincinnati Incorporated, he served as president and COO at MachineTools.com and founder and CEO of The FabZone.com, a B2B website that matches buyers and suppliers in the metal fabrication industry. He also worked as sales manager at SigmaTEK and as manufacturing engineer in the Delco Chassis Division at General Motors. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering technology at Purdue University and pursued an MBA at Wright State University.

- U.S. New Car Sales Looking Stronger- Is Tesla Going to Make a Van?- Tesla Suing Rivian Over Trade Secrets- Bentley Makes 3D Wood Door Inserts- More Manuals Disappear- Enthusiasts Seem to Love Paddle Shifters- How GM Defense Won Its New Army Contract- Local Motors Expanding Use of Autonomous Shuttles- Daimler Struggles But Sees Signs of Recovery- TuSimple Wants to Take Autonomous Trucking Nationwide

- U.S. New Car Sales Looking Stronger - Is Tesla Going to Make a Van? - Tesla Suing Rivian Over Trade Secrets - Bentley Makes 3D Wood Door Inserts - More Manuals Disappear - Enthusiasts Seem to Love Paddle Shifters - How GM Defense Won Its New Army Contract - Local Motors Expanding Use of Autonomous Shuttles - Daimler Struggles But Sees Signs of Recovery - TuSimple Wants to Take Autonomous Trucking Nationwide

Local Motors' David Woessner discusses the mobility company's deployment of its purpose-built Olli autonomous electric shuttle, the regulatory hurdles of getting AVs on public roads and how it's using 3D-printing to produce low-volume vehicles.

Local Motors announces a partnership with Beep to broadly deploy autonomous electric shuttles. CEO Jay Rogers joins Princeton's Alain Kornhauser and co-host Fred Fishkin for a wide ranging chat. Plus the Waymo-Fiat Chrysler deal, Tesla, AutoX, Ford, Mobileye and more. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smart-driving-cars-podcast/support

In this fascinating and captivating interview, I sit down with veteran Marine officer and Local Motors CEO Jay Rogers, and gain tremendous insight into the entrepreneurial mind. We discuss vision, perseverance, and numerous topics on the road to overnight success. You're sure to enjoy this insight and perspective.Support the show (https://paypal.me/aaronspatzpodcast?locale.x=en_US)

Our episode today is about the future of ____. We left that last part blank because you can decide for yourself. We interview Jay Rogers and Vikrant Aggarwal who are, respectively, the CEO co-founder and president of Local Motors. I could tell you that Local Motors is an automotive manufacturing company, but that would be criminally uninformative. Local Motors makes vehicles that are unusual, and makes them in an unusual way. Their marquis product, Olli, is a fully autonomous, electric vehicle shuttle bus. Their manufacturing process relies on Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM), hybrid additive and subtractive manufacturing, and is designed around "microfactories" – hence the local in local motors. This conversation is about the future of mobility, manufacturing, work, supply chain, energy, you decide. And, on what other podcast can you get a CEO talking about Nobel winning Harry Markowitz, Michael Porter, Nassim Taleb, Oprah Winfrey and the Wolverine movies?If you haven’t yet rated and reviewed our show – Please do! It only takes a minute, and it really helps. Starting with the next episode, we'll read our favorite review left for us on Apple Podcasts, so make a it a good one.

From living on a boat to serving in the army, this week's guest is no stranger to stepping outside of his comfort zone. Jay Rogers, the CEO of Local Motors, is now looking to change the very nature of car manufacturing, introducing innovative technology to an established global industry. Jay believes in constantly pushing boundaries, and in this episode talks about radical vulnerability, the traits of a great leader, and challenging accepted norms. Enjoy the episode!

Episode 63: We spoke with Karim Lakhani, Professor at Harvard Business School and co-author of the new book: Competing In The Age of AI. We discuss how AI is disrupting all kinds of businesses, how companies should think about implementing AI, and the rise of the AI factory. Enjoy! More about Karim Karim Lakhani is the Charles E. Wilson Professor of Business Administration and the Dorothy and Michael Hintze Fellow at the Harvard Business School. He is the founder and co-director of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, the principal investigator of the NASA Tournament Laboratory at the Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science, and the faculty co-founder of the Harvard Business School Digital Initiative. He specializes in technology management and innovation. His research examines crowd-based innovation models and the digital transformation of companies and industries. Lakhani is known for his pioneering scholarship on how communities and contests can be designed and managed to achieve innovative outcomes. He has partnered with NASA, Topcoder, and the Harvard Medical School to conduct field experiments on the design of crowd innovation programs. His research on digital transformation has shown the importance of data and analytics as drivers of business and operating model transformation and source of competitive advantage. He serves on the Board of Directors of Mozilla Corporation and Local Motors. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/besttechie/support

Thursday Feb 6 2020  HGTV video submission wrap party Thursday night  YCPD accepting applications for Citizen’s Academy  An ‘urgent’ bill could change California voter rules just 4 weeks before election  This ‘Census’ form in your mailbox isn’t from the government. Here’s who sent it out and why  Want a do-over on that California driver’s license photo? You could soon get your chance  Knights Landing triple murderer granted parole after serving 31 years in prison  California’s newest union? Childcare workers turn in petitions  Sacramento police look for man accused of sexually assaulting victim at knifepoint  One dead, another injured in Roseville apartment shooting. Police question suspect  Wanted in Butte County, CHP arrests pair near Auburn’s historic courthouse   Cyborg jellyfish? California scientists create sci-fi sea creature to explore oceans  Here’s where leaders plan to run new Diridon Station tracks through San Jose  San Jose police release video of suspects in fatal stabbing  Peninsula woman sues over alleged beauty scam using ‘endorsements’ by Oprah, Jessica Alba, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Aniston  LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner to step down after 11 years  Retail apocalypse spares robust Bay Area property market  Milpitas: Convicted felon arrested on gun charges  ‘I was just trying to merge, and this angry driver kept speeding up’: Roadshow  In-N-Out now selling shoes that sport the iconic palm tree logo  Judge’s European vacation may force mistrial in huge Richmond murder case; trial has spanned months and cost estimated $600,000  Artistic dinosaur looms large at Children’s Discovery Museum  Froyo shop makes the move from Santana Row to Valley Fair  Silicon Valley Leadership Group Foundation raised fund for 198 salad bars in underserved schools in the Bay Area  Grand theft suspect rammed police car before cop shot him  Prosecutors say Norteños behind cold case Antioch homicide  Sunnyvale man embezzled $127,000 from employer, DA says .Jorge Quezada’s unauthorized transactions discovered during company audit in 2018  Sunnyvale won’t pay for Orchard Heritage Park Museum expansion study   Bay Area megachurch pastor under fire for not reporting volunteer’s declared attraction to minors  Hoyul Steven Choi’s Millionaire’s Bacon comes to Rockridge  New Oakland resturant    Woman fatally stabbed in Hayward.The stabbing happened Tuesday not far from Southland Mall       cannabis company co-founded by Whoopi Goldberg, is closing up shop  Self-driving car to be part of East Bay city’s school auto classes  Local Motors donates 'Olli' autonomous car to Pittsburg High Foxconn heir pays $75 million for two side-by-side California mansions  Facebook, Twitter allow conservative group’s ‘false’ election claim  Co-defendant testifies to events that led to alleged kidnapping  Testimony part of fifth day of trafficking, pimping trial  Sacramento police look for man accused of sexually assaulting victim at knifepoint  Flights carrying coronavirus evacuees from Wuhan, China, arrive at Travis AFB in California   

Local Motors CEO and co-founder Jay Rogers talks about the company’s shuttle, transit equity and how his time in the Marines inspired him to create Local Motors.

  City of Chandler, Arizona Leads in Electric Vehicles On this special edition, we discuss the key details of how the City of Chandler is leading the country with autonomous vehicle platforms by way of shaping legislation for safety, and formulating ethics centered around the companies that are currently blazing away with autonomous technology such as WAYMO and Local Motors. With innovative collaborations and partnerships throughout the AV technology community, these panel discussions highlighted the future and current initiatives that are underway. The Critical Need to Maintain Roadways & Infrastructure Former City of Chandler Councilman and current Maricopa County supervisor for District 1, Arizona Transportation Board Member, Jack Sellers discusses the importance of maintaining roadways and infrastructure for the future as autonomous platforms that are slowly coming in to play , while laying out the need to go beyond the current fuel tax. Join Frank Leutz of Wrench Nation Car Talk for unique insight of AV strategies and implementation with special guest Jack Sellers.

In our latest Affectiva Asks podcast, we talk about human-centric AI with six speakers at Affectiva’s 2019 Emotion AI Summit: Rudina Seseri of Glasswing Ventures, Dr. Cory Kidd of Catalia Health, Dana Lowell of Faurecia, John Suh of Hyundai CRADLE, David Woessner of Local Motors, and Terah Lyons of The Partnership on AI.

With new European and Japanese car maker alliances, is Waymo throwing in the towel on driverless transportation? Princeton's Alain Kornhauser wonders out loud. That and more on Lexus, Local Motors and others with co-host Fred Fishkin on the Smart Driving Cars podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smart-driving-cars-podcast/support

Have you ever heard of a 3D printed driverless vehicle that could transport 15 people? You'll know all about the idea if you listen to today's Talking Transport, sponsored by SWARCO and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. In the fourth of five podcasts from both sides of the Atlantic this week Paul Hutton talks to David Woessner of Local Motors who make the pods and are demonstrating them at their facility near Washington on Friday at the Annual Meeting. You'll also hear about a safety solution by Waycare using accurate data to help predict accidents and therefore stop them happening and also the latest thoughts from Redflex about camera enforcement technology and policy. We also get the details of a demo by Flir of their ADAS system using thermal imaging cameras and Qualcomm update us on connected vehicle technology. There's a final podcast from ITS America tomorrow, and so much material gathered from both the ITS European Congress and ITS America's Annual Meeting that we'll have a bonus edition next week too.

With a large government and private technology presence in our area, Knoxville is at the forefront of the tech industry, especially in regards to 3D Printing. In the episode, we speak with Local Motors to hear how they are solving mobility problems around the world from their micro-factory here in Knoxville. We discuss the future of transportation, including the advanced technology of drones, 3D printed self-driving public transportation, and the 3D printed Rally Fighter, which was featured in ‘The Fate of the Furious’ and is now housed in Knoxville. The post What Do Drones, The Fast and the Furious, and Knoxville Have in Common? appeared first on From the Runway Up.

Greg Haye from pioneering manufacturer Local motors comes on the podcast to discuss 3D printing cars, Local Motors, and the future of automotive manufacturing. Joel Feder from Motor Authority also joins the guys to talk the latest industry news.... Show Notes:   MA - The Nurburgring Record hunting continues....   The Joel Feder Elon Musk Update Insurance? Dangerous Autonomous Mode? Dumb Tweeting with Frank? Other autonomous claims? Tesla Explodes in China   Thanks for listening to Overcrest: A Pretty Good Car Podcast

John “Jay” Rogers is a veteran Marine and the President, CEO and co-founder of Local Motors, a next generation US-based car company that is changing the way cars are designed and built. He spoke at the 2017 MCA&F Logistics Awards Dinner about the future of manufacturing. You can find LtGen Dana’s introduction online at https://mca-marines.org/professional-dinner-podcast/ The post Professional Event Series: Ep. 2 Rogers On the Future of Manufacturing appeared first on MCA.

John “Jay” Rogers is a veteran Marine and the President, CEO and co-founder of Local Motors, a next generation US-based car company that is changing the way cars are designed and built. He spoke at the 2017 MCA&F Logistics Awards Dinner about the future of manufacturing. You can find LtGen Dana’s introduction online at https://mca-marines.org/professional-dinner-podcast/ The post Professional Event Series: Ep. 2 Rogers On the Future of Manufacturing appeared first on MCA.

Carl Russell, a former Tatura diary farmer, is eager to Shepparton at the forefront of the autonomous vehicle revolution and want to see the set in motion here with the deployment of an autonomous electric bus.Carl has researched the topic, talked with many influential people and is convinced the idea of an autonomous bus has particular relevance to Shepparton in that is would allow disabled people freedom of movement, as it would the elderly and anyone unable, for whatever reason, to use a conventional motor vehicle.He predicts such a bus, or buses, would bring a boost to trade in the city as it would allow people unable to move about the city could access retail outlets.Carl's narrowed his research to Local Motors autonomous bus, Olli.

Topic Discussed : Future of Global Shared Driverless Vehicles Market, Forecast to 2031Speakers : Guruguhan NatarajKey Takeaways :1) Shared Driverless vehicle (SDV) market revenue is estimated to reach $10.40 billion globally by 2031. Growth is expected at a CAGR of 60.7% between 2017 and 20312) The legal framework is being formulated in Europe and the United States. Government support of SDV systems is expected to be a significant factor in the proliferation of automated buses by the year 2025. Many regional governments such as England, Finland, Netherlands, Japan, Singapore and some US states are pushing autonomous driving technologies3) Automated bus transit systems are expected to have significant growth post 2021. This is because of the launch of commercial operations and entry of new market participants. Key automotive OEM’s are expected to form strategic partnerships with autonomous technology solution providers to build automated buses4) Over 71 testing pilots of driverless shuttles were conducted throughout the globe since 2016. Currently there are 21 pilot operational programs in Europe, North America, Middle East and Oceania. Around 10 testing projects are planned which are expected to take place in 20185) Navya and Easymile lead the driverless shuttle market in terms of pilot projects. The two companies contribute to more than 70% of the total number of testing pilots conducted globallyRelated Keywords: Frost & Sullivan, 2getthere, Auro, Bestmile, Easymile, Local Motors, Mobileye, Navya, Nuro, Oxbotica, RideCell, bosch, continental, nvidia, valeo, 3D Mapping, AI, Autonom Shuttle, Bestmile, Cloud based Platform, Commuters, Connectivity, EZ10, Easymile, First mile, Last mile, LiDAR, Navya, Nuro, Olli, Oxbotica, SAV, SDV, Sensor Technology, Shared Autonomous Vehicles, Shared Driverless Vehicles, Smart City, Urban RailWebsite: www.frost.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this recording from a Facebook Live talk, Mark Smith, the founder of Factory Five Racing, Local Motors, and Smyth Performance, brings us through the early days of Factory Five and how the team ultimately changed the kit car industry forever.

How NVIDIA is paving the way for self driving cars and a new OLLI automated transport from Local Motors. NVIDIA's Senior Director for Automotive, Danny Shapiro and Kurtis Hodge of Local Motors join co-hosts Alain Kornhauser of Princeton University and Fred Fishkin for another edition of Smart Driving Cars from CES 2019. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smart-driving-cars-podcast/support

For most of recorded history, the rules of power were clear: Power was something to be seized and then guarded at any cost. This "old power" was owned by a tiny fraction of humankind, and beyond reach for the vast majority of people.   But the ubiquitous connectivity of our world today is allowing something altogether new to occur, and makes possible an extraordinarily different kind of power: people-centric, participatory-focused and spreading with lightning-fast speed.   “If you are able to harness this new power, you are likely to come out on top,” says Henry Timms, co-author, with Jeremy Heimans, of “New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World — and How to Make It Work for You.”   As executive director of the historic 92nd Street Y cultural and community center in New York City, Henry is a passionate believer in the new power distribution that technology allows. The 92nd Street Y serves 300,000 visitors each year, and garners millions of online interactions. Partnering with the United Nations Foundation in 2012, Henry founded #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving fueled by social media and collaboration. To date, it has raised more than $300 million for organizations, charities and events, and made nearly 22 billion online impressions.   “We Can Be” host Grant Oliphant, president of The Heinz Endowments, asks what old power — large institutions, bureaucracies and top-down structures — gets wrong, and if it can peacefully co-exist with the new power paradigm that Henry espouses.   Henry’s answers may surprise you, and he is crystal-clear on what’s really at stake: “New power is becoming the essential skill of the 21st century,” he says. “Those that can harness the energy of the connected crowd and create opportunities for people to engage on their own terms will win.”   Henry dives into how the Parkland survivors, the Me Too movement, Local Motors and Black Lives Matter have gotten it right and why our most challenging task may be figuring out how — or if — we can ensure this new power is used for good. “Those on the side of the angels need to get mobilized,” Henry says. “And I mean quickly.”   On this episode of “We Can Be,” learn about this new power: how to get it, why it’s changing our hyper-connected world and why we should be hopeful about what it can do.   “We Can Be” is produced by the Endowments and Treehouse Media. Theme music is composed by John Dziuban, with incidental music by Josh Slifkin. "New Power" is published by Doubleday, and is also available from Random House Large Print and Penguin Random House Audio. 

Local Motors is a ground mobility company founded in 2007 with a belief in open collaboration and co-creation. The company uses micro-factories to manufacture low volume vehicles based on open-source designs. Brittany Stotler, VP of Marketing, shares the Local Motors vision for their vehicles, including technology to assist the deaf and wheelchair bound in driving. Eventually, the average consumer will be able to totally customize their car and have it 3-D printed to their exact specifications for a fraction of the cost.

Justin Fishkin, former Chief Strategy Officer of Local Motors, talks tomorrow's transportation and democratized design. * * * Thanks for listening. Please tell the algorithms how you feel with a 5-star rating and a nice review. Subscribe for email updates about new episodes.

E. B. Moss: Hey, it's E.B. Moss from MediaVillage and this is Episode 12, basically live from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. I’m with MediaVillage Journalist David Polinchock who’s an expert at CES. So... We're mic’d up together and we're going to walk around, enjoy the ambient sounds of CES 2018, and I'm going to tap your brain... a Vulcan mind meld!, appropriately for CES. We're going to ask you to give us some insights. INTRO: Ready for some insights from those inside the media, marketing and advertising industry? Welcome to Insider Insight from MediaVillage. MediaVillage.com is the home for exclusive thought leadership with content by, for and about agencies and networks. From digital experts and add tech providers to CMO's and CRO's. With villages of content focused on everything from Wall Street reports to women in media. Now let's get some insights. David: First stop? We're here at the Google Home gallery. They've put together a kind of cool exhibit of what you can do with Google Home and how it's changing how we all live. E. B. Moss: Wow, great. Google has been sponsoring everything including the city monorail where they even piped in some pretty compelling audio. So when you're a captive audience on the monorail it's instructing you to learn how to utilize Google Home like saying, "Hey Google play me some soothing music" - which is good for when you're trapped on the monorail to hear little bubbling brook sounds. They really have done a good job in their convention sponsorship presence. David: This kind of new audio assistant is what we're getting in homes and in the rest of our lives. One of the AR head manufacturers announced a partnership with Alexa so you get voice control in your heads-up display now so you can see how this is changing how people are really doing things at home. One person on my last tour had one of the voice connection systems all throughout their house and realized they had to take it out of the kids room because the kids were doing their homework by asking it all the questions and just getting all the answers. You know, there's good and bad with everything. But this ability to ask a simple question, or check my schedule works because if I already have "Hey Google" phone I can use it and I get information there but now I can move it around from thing to thing. I think what people are looking for at large is a connection of all their things so it's not "I have this list over here and this list over here". So the fact that I can ask Hey Google on my phone but when I get home at night I can follow up the conversation with my Google Home Assistant because it's all connected. E. B. Moss: Oh, so the connectivity. Got it. David: The other thing they've been working on are ear buds that translate something like 70 languages. It literally is the communicator that we saw for 20 years on Star Trek. E. B. Moss: So, I can date a person who doesn't speak English! David: That's correct. And, if you look over here we also have it in air conditioners and washing machines and a variety of things now. So that's what, to me, becomes really exciting about this: you're seeing Hey Google as you're seeing Alexa and other products leave the single device and being incorporated into all of our lives. E. B. Moss: Google Home really was everywhere at CES; trying to connect the dots with audio and smart speakers and voice assistants. The other thing that was everywhere was Audio. I spoke to Tom Webster of Edison Research, as well as the head of marketing for Audio-Technica who had some unique ways to use headphones. E. B. Moss: Tom Webster was on the panel on the smart speaker research that just came out from Edison Research in conjunction with NPR. So I grabbed him afterwards. ...Hey Tom... That was fascinating. I know that you're going to be sharing some more of this information though MediaVillage in general, but specifically, a couple of things jumped out at me today were the fact that gifting over the 2017 holiday season really should've exponentially upped ownership of smart speakers. So that was good? Tom: Yeah, we've seen the initial adoption of smart speakers grow at a clip more than we saw smart phone adoption grow when we first started tracking. It's certainly both Amazon and Google coming out with $29 units had a lot to do with that but I think eventually we're going to stop caring about the devices themselves because that technology is going to just be baked into everything. E. B. Moss: So, that's an interesting point because Google is all over the show and promoting their digital assistant, Hey Google, but it's still only about 70% in devices own versus Alexa. What do you think it needs to do to compete more? By the way I think you said we're at about 16% ownership in America right now, so there's still plenty of growth opportunity there. What do you see the differences being and how do you see it competing more? Tom: I think, first of all I have no doubt that they're both going to be very competitive devices for a long time to come and for a lot of people it's just learning the use cases. We do know from the previous iterations of Smart Audio Report that we found with NPR 88% of the people who have an Alexa are Amazon Prime members. So there is a natural connection there. They're already being marketed to, in a way that is contextual for them. I think the more that Google educates listeners about what these devices can do and just more devices. Again the technology is just going to start being baked into everything and by the way it's already on your phone. One of the interesting things we found in our research is that 44% of smart speaker users tell us they're using the audio assistants on their phone more as a result of using the smart speaker. So it's just learning education and getting people context. E. B. Moss: And a brand that has good social media followers will do a service to those followers and enhances its own position by teaching them how to use smart speaker skills that they've created, right? Tom: Absolutely. I think we used to ask ten years ago "What's your mobile strategy?" Now I think it's a valid question to ask what your audio strategy is because people want to communicate with brands. They want to communicate with brands that they care about and they want to have those kinds of relationships and those kinds of experiences. E. B. Moss: So last question.... You mentioned a couple of the obstacles that we still have to continue to overcome: the perception of trust and the perception of security. What do you see happening? Tom: Well, those are valid concerns. First of all far be it from me to poo poo them because they are in fact valid concerns and when we interviewed people who don't own a smart speaker but who are interested in the category; three of their top concerns were all related to security, privacy, insuring their data, having the government listen in on their data. These are all valid concerns and all of the makers of this technology are going to have to find ways to address them because it's one thing to say "O.K. Google or Alexa play some Fleetwood Mac" it's another to start reciting your credit card number into it or something and those concerns are going to have to be addressed. E. B. Moss: ...So now I'm heading to Audio-Technica. You might know them for their turntables and headphones. They are giving me a welcome treat of a chair massage...I'm going to put my noise-canceling headphones on right now.... Speaker 5: "Let's begin by centering on the breath. ... slowly exhale and imagine your breath moving out through your ears as well. Cleansing them, forcing out all the toxic noise you've observed from the show floor and setting it a flame to burn off like so much painful gas..." E. B. Moss: That was one of the funnest ideas on the show floor. It was practical and sort of like a forced pre-roll listen in a good way. So I'm speaking to Director of Marketing Communications for Audio-Technica, Jeff Simcox. Jeff: Hi. How are you doing? Are you relaxed? E. B. Moss: I'm so much more relaxed. How did you come up with the idea? Jeff: Well, what's one of the reasons for wearing noise-canceling headphones? You want to relax, knock out all the annoying sounds and get into yourself, into the music. We just thought on the CES show floor we'd add that little extra thing to help you relax and lose yourself and have a massage while you're enjoying the headphones. My boss is like "You've got them in the chair so give them a sales pitch." And I'm like "who wants to lay there and just hear a dry sales pitch"? So it was our way of saying "Okay, you know, [inaudible 00:11:30] in that we can give you a little bit of entertainment, give you a little bit of a laugh. Now feel the tension escape from your ears like so much painful gas." It was one of my favorite lines.  E. B. Moss: As we made our way though CES you couldn't help notice autonomy everywhere. From autonomous cars to the super sonic Hyperloop; also autonomous public transportation helping the lesser abled. E. B. Moss: Initiating autonomous drive. I'm about to experience it, in 90 seconds. What it's like to be on the road and not in control. I'm at the Intel booth right now. Very cool. But I think it might drive me a little bit nuts if I had to hear all of the play by play of the autonomous driver. Pedestrian detected, anomaly detected, slow down. E. B. Moss: Now we're at Hyperloop and I'm talking to the Director of Marketing Ryan Kelly. Ryan, It looks like a long monorail pod from the future. What is it? Ryan: Elon Musk in 2013 had a vision for a new form of transportation. A bunch of VCs at Silicon Valley got together and founded Hyperloop One. Now we are actually Virgin Hyperloop One, three years later, which is very exciting. So now Richard Branson is now our chairman. Ryan: I'll tell you a little bit about the technology. Hyperloop basically the pod that you're looking at just broke a speed record, which is really exciting. We went 240 miles per hour in 300 meters at our test site 40 miles outside of Las Vegas. We're really excited about. So how does that work, how did we get there and why do we think it's the future of transportation? Hyperloop is in a tube so this pod was in a tube, we suck out almost all the air out of the tube to almost zero atmospheric pressure. It's not a full vacuum but very, very close. What that does is it provides frictionless travel. What does that mean? That means we can reach higher speeds than Maglev trains that you might see in Japan, in niche markets. It also means that it's more energy efficient and effective because we're using passive magnetic levitation. So that means once we start and accelerate at that point we're floating. So this actually levitates above a track, which is pretty unbelievable. From a cost perspective that's huge cost saving, not only for energy efficiency but also for building track, et cetera. E. B. Moss: I know the sustainability aspect is very important to Mr. Branson. Ryan: Huge. Yeah, it's absolutely. So sustainability is definitely something that we're looking towards. We'd like to get something up and running by 2021 and if you think about where we're going to be in 2021 with autonomous vehicles, with cleaner energy and we're completely energy agnostic solution, which we're really excited about. Not only going fast but thinking about how the future of transportation works. David: Right, so being both New Yorkers I know you've gotten some approval for New York track, from discussions. Ryan: Well, there's discussions. We are a very ... even though some people might see this as a cry in the sky opportunity a lot of our executives have worked in government before. We know how the system works in the United States. You have to go through a regulatory and safety process. We don't want to be seen as a paperwork company that's going to disappear in two years faking all these different things. Ryan: So we have directors of policy here that are working with the federal government. We've made headway in places like Colorado where legislature has signed a memorandum of understanding to look at these. That's actually started already but you have to remember that we need to make sure that it's safe for passengers and we need to go though our safety process. So we kind of understand that but I think it's really interesting because we kind of have a VC type philosophy and coming and working with government. Those are some of the slowest movers. So kind of working that out, working for structure has historically been or seen as a slower moving process. Merchants of VC digital world and then combining this with structure is a really interesting combination. Not only have we seen progress in the United States, we've seen progress in the UN [inaudible 00:16:52] road and transit authority there, we have a proposal to them. The Netherlands and some Scandinavian countries. Started to talk about the UK as well. So we've made some groundwork. David: So, if I'm inside what's my experience? Ryan: Sure. Actually we're partnering with Here Technologies and this is the booth that we're outside of right now. This is the first time that we're talking about the passenger experience in public. 2017 for us was what we call our kitty hawk moment, prove the technology works. Now 2018 is about lets get real, how do we commercialize, what's the experience going to look like, how we work with regulators, et cetera. In the same way that in the digital space we expect fast on demand and we expect a personalized, customized experience we're trying to bring that into the infrastructure mind frame, which hasn't necessarily been the case because this is one of the first new forms of transportation over 100 years, We're trying to incorporate this thing. Ryan: Let's say I book a ticket for the Hyperloop. I want that experience to be one, for example, where I'm here in Las Vegas I have turn by turn walking directions so if I'm inside this crazy convention center I see yes I know I have to walk down the stairs and to the right of the Starbucks to go get my Uber, which will already be there because they know that it takes ten minutes for me to walk out of this craziness. Take my Uber to the Hyperloop get in the Hyperloop, they know that I'm having a meeting with three other people that I met at CES so they're going to give me a customized pod with meeting table et cetera. Versus I've had enough of CES and I don't want to talk to anyone I know and I just want a silent pod and then when I get off the Hyperloop powered by Here Technologies in the future when we get this thing up and running. My Uber's already there and potentially maybe there are other apps like Seamless, et cetera, that by the time I get home my pizza is there. E. B. Moss: Will this exercise for us also because you just eliminated all of the walking that we do. Ryan: Well, I don't think it's there. All the pieces are there so I don't think it's that far of a stretch to get there. Imagine all the pieces and components are there we just got to put it together. E. B. Moss: Yeah, a much different experience than trying to get on the monorail with 5000 other people all crammed into one car, which took me 40 minutes. Ryan: Let's talk about that because that brings up a really good point. So what we'd like to do with the Hyperloop is have pods leaving, seconds; fast, fast, fast. When you have a train that has certain point A to B stops everyone is crammed on the train and then pushes out at the same time. Here we're aiming for consistency so that the other modes of transportation that we're connecting with create more of a flat traffic environment versus these waves where they're not ready. E. B. Moss: I love it. Ryan, thank you so much. Ryan: Thank you so much. E. B. Moss: So we stopped at the booth called Accessible Olli and I'm speaking with Brittany Stotler of Local Motors. So tell me what the connection is Brittany. Brittany: So we are here to show a new project that was announced last CES with CTA Foundation, IBM, and Local Motors. Talking about what it means for people with disabilities or that may not have the function that everyone else has and then as well as the aging community. Trying to make vehicles that are going to be pulling the drivers and age out of them because they're self driving vehicles. Trying to figure out how these people are going to start interacting with the vehicle, making it easier for them and ideally providing them more freedom. We based this on personaes, such as Eric who, though blind legally, he did not start out blind; he's actually an engineer from IBM and was one of the big people behind trying to help us figure out how to make a vehicle and make an Olli stop accessible for somebody who is visually impaired. Another persona is wheelchair bound but doesn't like to call attention to that aspect. So having the accessible Olli be able to communicate with them and use these vehicles allows them the freedom to be going out without someone else there to continually load them because they would roll onto Olli themselves and it automatically secures their wheelchair. Push a button to release them, they can roll back out of the Olli stop and they're all set to go. So ideally you'll have an app on your phone requesting to get on the next Olli that's coming into the station with your preferences set, so if you are in a wheelchair, if you visually have issues or maybe it's your hearing Olli can actually sign back and forth to you though the stop and through the actual vehicle. We’ve got a couple of different options that we're working with so ultrahaptics - a really neat technology system which, for those who can't see or have limited mobility they can actually ... rather than having to press a button ... can just wave their hand in front of it and you feel it and it creates like a virtual button for them. But there's also extendable to some vibrations that can actually drive them to an open seat so they don't have that awkward moment they maybe have to deal with on a daily basis of maybe actually sitting on somebody that's already there but they couldn't see them. E. B. Moss: What's the revenue model for this? Brittany: We are selling Olli and Ollie stops to cities - master planned communities, which is where a lot of the elderly will come into play - and then into large campuses and theme parks. Everybody across the board is thinking about how to integrate Ollie because it helps pull down costs: they can move people out of a bus driver position and turn them into another position, gives them a few new skill sets hopefully.  E. B. Moss: Is there an opportunity or a plan to take advantage of some of the data capture via the app? Brittany: There is potential. Currently we would own all of that data though our app but depending on the partnership it could potentially be a white label for a city’s Olli. They can wrap it however they want on the exterior. There's potential for glassine products, you can put text, you can have a video playing, and it'll go on any of our windows so it turns into almost mobile advertising. David: For our readers and our listeners in this case, I think, this is an opportunity to reach this new audience in a very compelling way. Brittany: Right. You're just the only [crosstalk 00:24:35]. So you're on a university campus and you have all these students that are getting on, they're going from their parking structures to a certain place on campus but they're going to go by Pete's Coffee every single morning and as they're rolling up or they're getting ready to go up to that stop Pete's Coffee advertising comes up on the app or it comes up within the bus to show come inside tell us you were just on Olli and here's your code and you get a discount. It starts driving traffic and then that's another way that the whoever's purchasing to actually operate the vehicles they can start recuperating and making money on the advertising piece. E. B. Moss: So a traffic driver driving traffic. Brittany: We're trying to get rid of traffic. E. B. Moss: Thank you so much for your time [inaudible 00:25:21] Beautifully stated and a very important application for all members of our community to be able to be more mobile ... Brittany: More freedom for them so thank you to all of our partners. E. B. Moss: For a less autonomous but very elevating experience we spoke to the Head of Marketing for Workhorse. He described their octocoper. E. B. Moss: So what are we officially calling this? This is experimental [crosstalk 00:25:54] Workhorse: That's a good question. We've just been calling it personal electric octocopter. Octocopter, eight things octo. David: What's the range on it? Workhorse: 70 miles. David: That's pretty good, that many miles. Workhorse: Gasoline generator that powers it so once you go 70 miles toward hop you gas up ready for the next hop. Not waiting for the lithium-ion battery for hours to charge up and all that stuff. You can just keep going. Normal helicopter you have to have pedals and those handles. This doesn't have any pedals or any of that stuff. We fly like a drone. So it'd be, you know ... David: You don't fly it like a drone. Workhorse: I mean we had this on display in Paris and all the kids that came in 15 they could jump in there, let's go, let's take it up because they're so familiar with the video game and all that stuff. So that's the way this flies. E. B. Moss: So what's the flying experience like? I mean I've been in a glider and I've been in a helicopter, somewhere in the middle? Workhorse: Yeah, I would say so. It wouldn't be as much as a glider, which is just pretty basic but it is also not as complicated as the helicopter. See this only has a ceiling height of flying of 4000 feet. Okay, so it's just enough that you're up and you're flying. So, it's meant to be like a different method of transportation. In America the helicopter's been here for 78 years, last year in America they sold 1000 of them new, that's not that big of a market. So we're not really planning on taking market share from commission on helicopter. We're kind of planning on creating a new category. So you've got to think of it as a new way of transportation, like we were kidding around about the New York City and all that stuff. David: And what's the price point on it or what will it be? Workhorse: We have price point at 200,000 dollars and at this show we can take your name and ... E. B. Moss: Take Credit Cards? Workhorse: $1,000 and your place is saved in line and then we would probably start delivering them in 2020. E. B. Moss: It looks like a Workhorse experimental aircraft. Workhorse: The name of the craft is Surefly. So it's Surefly with safety and that and background.  E. B. Moss: David and I saw AR, audio, autonomy, everything at CES and we talked about how it all came together. David: So one of the trends we just to look at in general is we just saw with Olli and what they're doing. There's a huge population growing old. E. B. Moss: Yes. David: And it's a key population that has a certain expectation level of service and experience and technology and that's only getting bigger. You're seeing a lot of brands really trying to figure out how do we deal with population that's having vision problems and mobility problems and hearing problems. All the things people my age are starting to think about. E. B. Moss: The 25 year olds. David: The 25 year olds. Again, when ... as we joked ... but when you think about the 25 year olds they are very tech savvy. They're the Hyperloop audience, they don't want to be waiting on the street corner for the M35 without having any idea, in the rain, when it's coming, when was the last time it was here, did I just miss it. You know, the stuff we do every day. So you're seeing mobility things like Olli and transportation systems and whole ecosystems. You're seeing companion bots. You're seeing machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer vision coming into play to do things like my mom lives far away it's hard for me to necessarily be on top of her. And I don't know if she wants me to be on top of her; all that family dynamic. E. B. Moss: So, we actually have a theme here and it kind of wraps things up beautifully because we've seen the connected appliances, connected home. We've seen the connectivity between devices and how to make things easier in life and not having to pick up one device to do one thing and one device to do another. We've seen the continuity between I want to get some place and how do I get there. So everything is connecting us whether it's virtually or physically like with Olli, like with the experimental aircraft, like everything we've seen today is all about connectivity. David: It really is and the big thing is it's connectivity that has value to you and me not connectivity that has value to some corporation. That's where people really get the difference. I'm excited about a technology that will help my life be better and in the course of my life being better the company makes money off of that, that's great. E. B. Moss: Like the last example with Olli. Where there is branding opportunities on and within it but it's giving me something of value. David: That's correct. There equates down when the consumer feels there's no value it's changed for them. Gen Zs might say, "We get that brands trap us every day and we're okay with that, that's the world and we're fine. But what they're not okay with is that you track me every day and then you don't know who I am, if you're going to watch everything I buy you should know what I buy. You should know what I've bought and stop telling me what I've already bought.” E. B. Moss: So if you're going to connect with me, connect in a meaningful way, connect in a valuable way and ... David: Imagine you have a friend who asks you the same question over and over and over again. Right, then eventually you stop hanging out with that friend. So that's where this connectivity has great value to us as human beings. Great value. E. B. Moss: David thank you so much. This was invaluable to have a guide like you. This is Insider Insight live from the Consumer Electronics Show. I'm E. B. Moss, Managing Editor for MediaVillage. Check us out MediaVillage.com and thanks for listening.  

Ever think about 3d printing a bus? Have you ever thought of 3d printing a full autonomous bus? Well Local Motors has and they have made that dream and reality. Olli is a 3d printed fully autonomous electric bus that is changing the transportation system in large cities as we speak. I was lucky enough to interview their VP of marketing Brittany Stotler. During this interview we talk about how Local Motors continues to be a leader in innovation. 

This is a big episode. Seriously, the biggest 3D parts I've encountered are what we're going to talk about today. I'm so excited about this episode. I really love Buddy Bernhard from Local Motors, which is who we are going to talk to. We're going to talk cars, 3D printed cars if you didn't guess already. He just has such a passion for 3D printing in general. I love the whole model, that you'll hear as we go forward and listen to this episode, about really how open they are about sharing what they're doing with 3D printing. They just are passionate about moving the market forward. To send us a message, go to 3dstartpoint.com or shoot us a message at info@3dstartpoint.com or on our facebook or twitter! Its absolutely free, so ask away and and don't forget to subscribe so you can hear more on our regularly scheduled Thursday podcast episodes!

In this exciting Spotlight Interview, James Oates sits down with Andrew Lahart, the head of accessibility, enablement, and competency at IBM, to talk about: Accessible Olli, the first fully accessible self-driving vehicle created by Local Motors, the CTA Foundation, and IBM Research MERA, a Multi-Purpose Eldercare Robot Assistant NavCog, an indoor/outdoor navigation system for the blind AccProbe, an open-source project for developers to make sure their applications are accessible for people who are using assistive technology Enjoy listening to Drew’s explanations of IBM’s tremendous accomplishments, and what they are planning for the future. Follow Drew and IBM Accessibility on Twitter, and bookmark IBM’s accessibility webpage.

In this exciting Spotlight Interview, James Oates sits down with Andrew Lahart, the head of accessibility, enablement, and competency at IBM, to talk about: Accessible Olli, the first fully accessible self-driving vehicle created by Local Motors, the CTA Foundation, and IBM Research MERA, a Multi-Purpose Eldercare Robot Assistant NavCog, an indoor/outdoor navigation system for the blind AccProbe, an open-source project for developers to make sure their applications are accessible for people who are using assistive technology Enjoy listening to Drew’s explanations of IBM’s tremendous accomplishments, and what they are planning for the future. Follow Drew and IBM Accessibility on Twitter, and bookmark IBM’s accessibility webpage.

In this exciting Spotlight Interview, James Oates sits down with Andrew Lahart, the head of accessibility, enablement, and competency at IBM, to talk about: Accessible Olli, the first fully accessible self-driving vehicle created by Local Motors, the CTA Foundation, and IBM Research MERA, a Multi-Purpose Eldercare Robot Assistant NavCog, an indoor/outdoor navigation system for the blind AccProbe, an open-source project for developers to make sure their applications are accessible for people who are using assistive technology Enjoy listening to Drew’s explanations of IBM’s tremendous accomplishments, and what they are planning for the future. Follow Drew and IBM Accessibility on Twitter, and bookmark IBM’s accessibility webpage.

Dez Blanchfield talks with Joe Speed, Watson IoT AutoLAB Product Owner, about his exciting work around Artificial Intelligence, seeding innovation, the power of social, Olli the 3D printed self driving vehicle from Local Motors, the power of CrowdSourcing, the A.I. X-Prize, the 2017 TU Automotive Awards, Watson the horizon for AI IoT Automotive in general, and much much more.

Just months after Apple confirmed it is in fact developing a driverless vehicle, California THIS WEEK has given the hardware and software giant permission to test them on the streets of the Golden State. This adds yet another major competitor in the autonomous vehicle race for what some reporters are calling the future of safer driving. And while Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, Infiniti, and BMW are all in this race in terms of building the hardware. It looks as though Apple is focused not necessarily on creating the vehicle itself, but the platform. And while we don’t know if it’s building the platform on NVIDIA’s new Drive PX2 system, which uses graphics processing unit or GPU technology, it is being used by 80 different partners, including Tesla and Audi. For those of you with a Tesla, the “autopilot” was built upon NVIDA’s new Drive PX2 system and the autonomous driving technology within Audi’s new A8, expected to be released this summer, will be as well. So, I brought in the senior director of automotive for NVIDIA to talk about what’s driving your driverless vehicle, the difference between the autonomous driving technology in a Tesla versus the upcoming Audi A8. We also talk about the safety of autonomous vehicles. While I can understand how an all-driverless transportation network could be safer as computers can be more predictable and actually communicate seamlessly with one another via Bluetooth connectivity, I question how safe truly can it be when you have a mix of humans and computers on the roadways as humans are unpredictable. Shapiro also addresses the liability issue if and when an accident does occur. Plus, Shapiro addresses how manufacturers can develop a car that meets the public AND lawmakers where they are now, and guides them to where they want them to be technology-wise in order to accelerate adoption. Also on the show, a very different type of company that is competing in the autonomous driving market. It’s called, “Local Motors.” It’s taking a unique approach. It’s crowd sourcing the design of future vehicles by posting challenges that inspire engineers, designers, and developers around the world to get involved and submit their design of future vehicles. A that people are already buying to use on private property such as government facilities and even amusement parks. We talk to Local Motors Chief Strategist Justin Fishkin about what I think is going to be the biggest disruption soonest in the automotive driving space. And since this show is all about autonomous driving, we couldn’t do a show about the future car without touching on the future of infotainment, and at the forefront is The QT company, which announced recently that it’s integrating NVIDIA DRIVE Design Studio – which allows The QT Company to provide a 3D system development system for manufacturers to create the ultimate infotainment presentation for drivers. Alistair Adams, who’s the global automotive product manager for The QT Company, explains how manufacturers are using their platform to create the ultimate media experience in autonomous cars.

Mark Smith is the Founder of Smyth Performance, his third automotive company since starting Factory Five Racing back in 1992. Factory Five Racing became the largest component car company in the world. Before selling the company to his brother Dave his signature “aluminum under glass” Cobra and Daytona Coupe race car designs sold over 10,000 unites. In 2007 he teamed with Jay Rogers to create Local Motors that has a worldwide network of vehicle micro-factories where they produce vehicles as outrageous as the “Tansformers” featured Rally Fighter and the world’s first 3D printed cars. Mark continued to build wild machines ranging from a 1500 hp 50 foot bio-diesel speedboat, to a drag bike, and today at Smyth Performance builds the Jetta/Golf 4, a mini pick-up conversion based on the VW Jetta.

In this interview, Jay Rogers, CEO of Local Motors, discusses World Class IT Principle Four, IT and Business Partnerships, and Principle Five, External Partnerships. Some of the topics discussed include: Local Motor’s micromanufacturing The development of a bespoke community The changes Local Motors provides in product development Strategic partnerships with their clients Jay’s history with entrepreneurship The “waking hours” of artificial intelligence and what it means for traditional industries Product education and its role in making the consumer ask, “Why do we care?” The changes on the horizon for the automotive industry Cars as upgradable hardware Customers as the only force able to push back on the supply driven economy of the automotive industry

- Hyundai’s Smart House Concept - BMW’s i Inside Future Sculpture - Toyota Creates AI Presence for Cars - Local Motors Develops Through Crowd-Sourcing - Automakers Set Sales Record in 2016

- Hyundai’s Smart House Concept- BMW’s i Inside Future Sculpture- Toyota Creates AI Presence for Cars- Local Motors Develops Through Crowd-Sourcing- Automakers Set Sales Record in 2016

Local Motors engineers and designers are working around the clock to develop a 3D-printed car that exceeds FMVSS standards by 2017. There is nothing conventional about this car, the way it's made, or the company behind it. They have partnered with industry leading IoT companies to create a truly unique car ownership experience. From the retail lobby, to the factory floor, to the open road, they're making everything simpler and smarter. Sustainable vehicle development utilizing DDM manufacturing techniques, at small-footprint Micro factories, separates Local Motors from the competition. Matthew Gunson, Consumer Insights Manager at Local Motors talked in detail about this extremely interesting technology, including Ollie, a revolutionary new, 3D printed transport vehicle that can carry 11 passengers and solves many transportation problems. This is a must listen for all 3D printing and car enthusiasts. Subscribe, Listen and Rate this podcast.

- Mopar Assists NHRA Racers- U.S. Car Sales on Pace to Break Record- Uber Heads to Arizona- Honda and Waymo in Talks- Honda Builds 100 Millionth Vehicle- Mitsubishi Update- New Device for Truck Beds- Do Automakers Like or Loathe Local Motors?

- Mopar Assists NHRA Racers - U.S. Car Sales on Pace to Break Record - Uber Heads to Arizona - Honda and Waymo in Talks - Honda Builds 100 Millionth Vehicle - Mitsubishi Update - New Device for Truck Beds - Do Automakers Like or Loathe Local Motors?

As we sit on the edge of the electronic transformation of the car, into the fray steps Jay Rogers, a man who is pioneering a new way to make cars. As the founder of Local Motors, his vision is to print cars, yes, that’s p-r-i-n-t cars, with the help of today’s technology. And, in fact, he’s already doing it! Mr. Rogers joins, John McElroy and Gary Vasilash from Automotive Design and Production from the site of the LA Auto Show to talk about Local Motors.

As we sit on the edge of the electronic transformation of the car, into the fray steps Jay Rogers, a man who is pioneering a new way to make cars. As the founder of Local Motors, his vision is to print cars, yes, that’s p-r-i-n-t cars, with the help of today’s technology. And, in fact, he’s already doing it! Mr. Rogers joins, John McElroy and Gary Vasilash from Automotive Design and Production from the site of the LA Auto Show to talk about Local Motors.

- VW Facing Criminal Charges from U.S. DoJ- GMC Bringing Back the Jimmy in 2020- Cadillac Teases Pebble Beach Concept- Audi First to Launch V2I Technology- The End of the Auto Industry?

- VW Facing Criminal Charges from U.S. DoJ - GMC Bringing Back the Jimmy in 2020 - Cadillac Teases Pebble Beach Concept - Audi First to Launch V2I Technology - The End of the Auto Industry?

- Continental Wants Autonomous Coalition- Mexican Market Sizzles- Camilo Pardo’s 3E For 3D Printing- My Oh Maybach- On a Wing and a Prayer- Red Hot Manufacturing

- Continental Wants Autonomous Coalition - Mexican Market Sizzles - Camilo Pardo’s 3E For 3D Printing - My Oh Maybach - On a Wing and a Prayer - Red Hot Manufacturing

Local Motors is bringing a radically different business model to the automotive industry. No design studios. No engineering staff. No massive factories. No dealerships. In other words, no massive capital investments. If they can make it work it could completely turn the industry upside down. Justin Fishkin, the Chief Strategy Officer of Local Motors, joins John and Gary for a most interesting conversation on the brave new world of crowd sourced car design. SPECIAL GUEST: Justin Fishkin, Chief Strategy Officer, Local Motors. All that and more with hosts John McElroy from Autoline.tv and Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production.

- Top Google Executives Leave Company - Man Claims AutoPilot Saved Life - Nissan Said in Talks to Sell Battery Unit - 3D Printed Cars Threaten Dealers - Chip Foose Brings Forgotten Cadillac to Life - Why 48 Volt is Appealing

- Top Google Executives Leave Company- Man Claims AutoPilot Saved Life- Nissan Said in Talks to Sell Battery Unit- 3D Printed Cars Threaten Dealers- Chip Foose Brings Forgotten Cadillac to Life- Why 48 Volt is Appealing

Edgar Sarmiento, diseñador de motores, pasó por los micrófonos de Autos y Motos para hablar del premio de movilidad que recibió en Local Motors, gracias al diseño de Olli, un autobús eléctrico autónomo, impreso en 3D. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crowdsourcing designs for cargo drones, UAS for higher education, US Air Force training enlisted RPA operators, NASA detect and avoid tests, delivering vaccine by drone, a woman freed by a Phantom, and drones interfering with wildfires. The ZELATOR by Alexey Medvedev from Omsk, Russia News Airbus reveals cargo UAV challenge winners The Airbus Cargo Drone Challenge was created by Local Motors and Airbus Group to crowdsource the design of a commercial-grade package delivery drone for medical supplies and other types of cargo. Local Motors reports in Airbus Cargo Drone Challenge winners announced that 425 submissions were received, and assessed on mission performance, weight and balance, and preliminary flight performance. Video: Winners Revealed in the Airbus Cargo Drone Challenge by Local Motors. Early Days for Drone Use in Higher Education Drones in the academic environment offer the opportunity to focus on design and development and also using them for academic instruction and research. The Higher Education UAS Modernization Act would let students and educators operate UAVs without FAA approval if certain conditions are met. Air Force plans 100 enlisted drone pilots by 2020 The Air Force expects to graduate the first class of enlisted airmen in 2017 for remotely piloted aircraft, specifically unarmed RQ-4 Global Hawks used for high-altitude reconnaissance missions. The graduates would become the first Air Force enlisted pilots since World War II. NASA Concludes UAS NAS Integration Flight Tests NASA has completed a two-month series of flight tests at Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. NASA tested technologies for Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) algorithms developed by NASA, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Honeywell, and other partners. The tests included more than 260 scripted encounters between the Ikhana UAS and manned “intruder” aircraft. The algorithms successfully alerted the pilot on the ground. Drones to unleash vaccine-laced pellets in bid to save endangered ferrets The endangered black-footed ferrets in Montana eat prairie dogs, and both are susceptible to the sylvatic plague transmitted by fleas. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service wants to help the animals by dispensing vaccine-laden pellets from drones.  Note:  The article originally reported that the drones would shoot vaccine-laced M&Ms. Video shows man use drone to save person trapped in bathroom A woman in a bathroom was unable to unlock the door from the inside. A DJI Phantom trailing a string was flown over the bathroom window and the woman then tied the door key to the string. With the key in hand, those outside could unlock the door and free the woman. Authorities in Utah can now legally disable or destroy drones near wildfires Lawmakers approved a bill that would allow firefighters or law enforcement to shoot down or disable drones interfering with efforts to contain wildfires. The bill also provides for a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $15,000 fine if a drone causes a firefighting aircraft to crash. Video of the Week Engineers Hack Pokemon Go by Using a Drone Thanks to @ProfVanderhoof's sister Marianne for bringing this to our attention. http://youtu.be/-bpEgmUkr7w        

- U.S. Sales Surprise Analysts - VW Finds Another “Irregularity” - Hyundai Creates New Luxury Brand - Local Motors Reveals 1st Production Car - Ford Cobra Jet Mustang - Project Triple Nickel - Are You The New Ridgeline? - Buy A Dodge/SRT, Go To School - Toyota’s Wild Tundra Concept

Hear my wide-ranging chat with the free-thinking CEO of Local Motors, Jay Rogers. They build the Rally Fighter. Except that they don't, you do. Find out more on this week's 'Speedshop'..

Joe Manna describes himself as a community leader whose passion rests in online media. At the time of this recording, Joe was helping small businesses succeed by planning, creating and measuring online content for CRM provider Infusionsoft, where he pioneered the company’s social media program and led it to profitability and sustainability. He was also focused on leading Infusionsoft’s corporate blog program, providing measurement and insights to its content marketing performance, and creating remarkable content designed for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Joe is currently the Social Media Manager for Local Motors, Inc in Chandler, AZ. He helps create and amplify the stories and experiences of the company on social media, blending his passions between automotive technology, entrepreneurship and social media management. Today, he joins the #TwitterSmarter podcast to provide insights on effective ways to listen and search with Twitter. Episode Highlights: Unfollowing people on Twitter is a normal and healthy practice. Joe provides suggestions to know when it’s time to remove the noise. The best way to manage Twitter is to take control of the experience. Joe breaks down several ways to do this with Twitter lists. For those just starting out, Joe suggests two things: create a great bio and start sharing content that’s relevant to your life and business. He explains how to do both. Twitter can be a powerful search engine for small businesses. Joe’s best practices for use cover everything from searching for unfiltered content with relevance to any niche to staying updating on industry trends to finding and engaging with influencers. Tweetables: Twitter’s undergoing a bit of user fatigue. Be comfortable unfollowing people. Twitter is whatever you make of it. Once you get a cool Twitter list going, it’s totally worth it. The big win on Twitter is to be specific and intentional. Links to tools and resources mentioned in this episode: Xefer – user search and analysis Topsy – advanced search, user analysis and trends BuzzSumo – trending content analysis Two ways to access Twitter’s advanced search feature: https://twitter.com/search-home https://twitter.com/search-advanced How To Reach Joe:You can reach Joe on Twitter @JoeManna. To learn more about Infusionsoft, visit www.infusionsoft.com. Your Call To Action: I want you to try out the tools Joe mentioned, Xefer and Topsy. Please reach out to @JoeManna on Twitter, give him a shout out. And be sure to send me a tweet @MadalynSklar and let me know what you think of these tools. Share The Love: Want an easy “one-click” way to Share The Love for this podcast? Go here: www.madalynsklar.com/love to tweet out your love. Thanks for the listen! I appreciate you listening to this podcast, and would be extremely grateful if you would take a moment to rate & review it on iTunes. By doing this, my rankings will increase and more people will be able to benefit from the tips and tools shared in this #TwitterSmarter podcast series. Please also subscribe to this podcast while you’re there. It will ensure you don’t miss an episode! I read every review that comes in, so please know that you have my sincere thanks! Show notes at www.madalynsklar.com/twittersmarter19

Horace and Jim talk with Matthew Gunson, Director of Brand Management at Phoenix based Local Motors. We learn about Local’s business model, their view of automotive jobs to be done and the 3D printing driven micro factory. Automotive nostalgia and a detour into consumer behavior closes our conversation.

* Fahrradio kommentieren unter podcast@fahrrad.io * Fahrradio anrufen unter +49 221 66941806 Thomas und Hans sprechen mit Damien Declercq, dem Executive Vice President – EMEA von Local Motors. Wir haben uns am 20. März 2015 in Berlin getroffen. Und er hat uns von den Plänen erzählt. Der wichtigste Plan für uns ist die Urban Mobility Challenge: Berlin 2030, zu finden unter www.localmotors.com/berlin2030. Den Trailer gibt’s gleich hier: Links Dies ist eine kleine Liste zu den Projekten und zu Local Motors. * Local Motors bei Twitter * Urban Mobility Challenge: Berlin 2030 * 3. Hauptstadtkonferenz Elektromobilität – Berlin lädt auf am 25.3.2015 * Der Tagesspiegel: Elektromobilität: Es tut sich was in Berlin Musik Bespoken von Johnny Random Sponsor Fahrradio wird unterstützt von SRAM.

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John & Scott discuss: Dreams; Celeb Deaths; Obligatory Apple coverage; John REALLY doesn't like affectations. REALLY. Scott doesn't understand why. John explains poorly. Comedy ensues. Scott tells John that he looks like Jackie Gleason. John cries for a bit; Obama gets snubbed by golf clubs. John likes Australians; Local Motors has another car coming out. A 3D-printed car; Fake cell phone towers; Eight year-old girl tazed by cops because reasons; Chicago crime drops as people buy guns. The story continues to be true & more! Donate Bitcoin: 1KtcqykD4RXMdXXuL2oQLXbdGqZCsFhPqe Paypal: archindividual@gmail.com

Pete Stephens, Director of Program Management for Local Motors, talks about micromanufacturing, collaborative manufacturing processes, and working with the Army's Rapid Equipping Force. The CNO's Rapid Innovation Cell is an organization of 15 junior officers and enlisted. Its goal is to empower and enable emerging Naval leaders to rapidly create, develop and implement disruptive solutions that tackle warfighter needs while advocating for, and inspiring, deckplate innovation throughout the Fleet.  ET1(SW) Jeff Anderson is a member of the CNO's Rapid Innovation Cell. The views expressed are his alone, and not the official position of the CRIC, Naval Warfare Development Command, CNO, the United States Navy or any other entity explicitly or implicitly mentioned in the above. Check us out on Facebook! Get involved at www.facebook.com/NavyCRIC . Join the CRIC[x]! The CRIC[x] is our extended network of sailors and innovators. Tweet @NavyCRIC for more info.  

  To stream the audio for the show, you can click on the play button right here! [audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/the4x4podcast/Episode_30.mp3] Direct Download On this 30th episode of the podcast we bring you an interview with Matt Adair, the Team Petty Cash Racing leader.  Team Petty Cash races an old, Jeep Cherokee in the LeMons Racing series and … Continue reading »

MotoIQ Radio Episode 30: John Burton Rogers of Local Motors By Will Cannady In the episode on 2/15/12 at 7pm PST/10pm EST of MotoIQ Radio, I bring you a company with an idea that I have been following for some time now. Local Motors is, what I feel, is the perfect combination of crowd sourcing ideas and the ability to make them come true. with all the technologies available right now for manufacturing on a small scale with high quality, I believe Local Motors has put together a system and a process that can bring some of these ideas to light. At the head of Local Motors, John Burton Rogers brings the passion and the know how to make it work. Below you will see a picture of the end result of this process of concept, refinement, prototype and production. The Rally Fighter has all the specs and components for a awesome truck. Did I mention that it is street legal? Did I mention that you can build it yourself? Did I mention that this truck is open source, which means if you have the skills with CAD you can develop your own aftermarket parts for this truck? The reason why I believe that the MotoIQ readers will enjoy this interview is because all of you have a eye for form and function. You are all enthusiasts who can think outside of the box and because of that I am challenging you to join Local Motors community and offer your input and possibly start our own concept. I really hope you enjoy this interview and join Local Motors. Listen in HERE Fall back position HERE Past Episodes HERE

Adam Carolla and Matt D'Andria chat with Buddy Crisp of Local Motors. Local Motors designs and builds cars through an online community through "crowdsourcing." The Rally Fighter has a 6.2 liter GM LS3 430hp with a tubular steel frame and automatic transmission. The car has 18" of wheel travel in the front and 20" of travel in the back. Then our bonus car is the 2012 Audi S5, featuring a V8 and a six speed transmission.