local motors & co-creation

Local Motors & Co-Creation

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From: Local MotorsVol. 001. Printed 11/2011.

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Empowering+a+World+of+auto3MAKERS

Webinar+

!  Micro3Factories+and+vehicles+!  The+Forge:+Co3creaBon+plaCorm+!  Community+Tools:+Siemens+Solid+Edge+Design+1+!  LM+Labs:+AutomoBve+Hacker+spaces+!  Dev+Projects:+DARPA+XC2V+Project+

What+is+a+Micro3Factory+

Development projects

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

FOR

TOOLS to EMPOWER

SIEMENS – Design1 $19.95/mo

Automo&ve)Hackerspace)

What+is+it+?+

!  Physical+place++!  Tools+facility+!  Community3operated+!  Financially+autonomous+!  Driven+by+vehicular+projects+

Project+example:+Open+Tandem+

hRp://forge.local3motors.com/pages/project.php?cg=8290+

Phoenix+

VCC+Project+

Sponsored)by+Defense+Advanced+Research+Projects+Agency+TacBcal+Technology+Office+(TTO)+Program:+FANG+(Vehicle+Crowd3Sourcing+Challenge)+Issued+by+DARPA/CMO+under+Contract+No.+HR00113113C30022+

Jan+21,+2011+3+Scoping+Session+(D3Day)+

Feb+03+3+Press+release+/+CompeBBon+live+hRp://forge.local3motors.com/pages/compeBBon.php?co=45+

Feb+07+through+Feb+14+3+Community+acBvaBon+

Midwest+School+ + + + + +LocaBon+KeRering+University+ + + + +Flint,+MI+College+for+CreaBve+Studies + + +Detroit,+MI+Lawrence+Technological+University + +Southfield,+MI+Cleveland+InsBtute+of+Art + + +Cleveland,+OH+University+of+CincinnaB+ + + +CincinnaB,+OH+Purdue+ + + + + +West+LafayeRe,+IN+Rose+Hulman+InsBtute+of+Technology+ +Terre+Haute,+IN ++++West+coast+School+ + + + + +LocaBon+California+College+of+Arts + + +San+Francisco,+CA+Academy+of+Art+University + + +San+Francisco,+CA+Art+Center+College+of+Design + + +Pasadena,+CA+California+State+ + + + +Long+beach,+CA+++Northeast+School+ + + + + +LocaBon+MIT + + + + + +Boston,+MA+RISD + + + + + +Rhode+Island+Worcester+Polytechnic+InsBtute + +Worcester,+MA+

Mar+10+3+D+1.5Month+3+End+of+submissions+

Industrial)design)compe&&on)sta&s&cs)CompeBBon+duraBon+ +3+weeks+CompeBBon+checkups +552++Approved+entries + + +159+

Mar+18+3+CompeBBon+winner+chosen+hRp://forge.local3motors.com/pages/project.php?cg=7564+

Mar+18+3+Surfacing+and+3D+modeling+begins+

Mar+25+3+D+2Months+3+¼+scale+model+

Apr+05+3+D+2.5Month+3+End+of+full+surface+

Apr+29+3+D+3Months+3+XC2V+Chassis+producBon+starts+

May+26+–+D+4Months+3+Chassis+out+of+the+R&D+table+

May+31+3+XC2V+Hood+Hinge+compeBBon+

June+06+3+XC2V+body+panels+delivered+

June+14+3+First+test+drive+

Work+in+progress+–+Shared+online+

Time+laps+video+:+hRp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ_LwpfU8oE+

June+20+3+D+5months+3+XC2V+is+completed+

June+24+3+PresentaBon+to+President+Obama+

Speech+from+President+Barack+Obama+at+Carnegie+Mellon+University++hRp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_2zD3hs0aU+

Timeline:))Total)project ) ) ) ) ) ) )5)months)Scoping+session+to+start+of+compeBBon + + +½+month+CompeBBon+live + + + + + + + + +¾+month+VoBng + + + + + + + + + + + +¼+month+Engineering+development++and+prototyping + +3+½+month++

Scoping+session+

January+21+

CompeBBon+Launch++

February+3+

Winner+chosen++March+18+

End+of+full+surface++April+5+

Chassis+out+of+R&D+table++May+26+

Body+panels+delivered++June+6+

Delivery++June+24+

True+to+the+design+intent+and+fully+funcBonal+

Thank+you+QuesBons+?+

++

Damien+DECLERCQ++1+480+717+7675+ddeclercq@local3motors.com+Skype+:+damien.declercq+/+TwiRer+:+DamienDeclercq+Networking+pages+:+LinkedIn+3+Xing+3+Viadéo+

Q. Recently, the platform The Forge started hosting firm-sponsored co-creation contests for Shell — on a global scale. Is this the inevitable next step of

community-based websites? Wasn't there enough money (if any) to be made out of car sales? Where do you see Local Motors' commercial

development heading in the next years?

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Q. Many large automotive companies would say that Local Motors' model

does not work when it comes to producing a large volume of cars thus

keeping costs low. How would you answer that? What first steps could they

take to become more co-creative?

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Q.How has adopting Siemens Solid Edge

changed your community?

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Q.Have you thought of involving big brands to sponsor some car designs? (a Coca-Cola car for example, designed by

and for Coke fans)

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Q. Local Motors' model has the opportunity to reduce the carbon

footprint of the whole manufacturing process. Can you elaborate a bit

more on that? In what ways is it more sustainable?

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Q: Can you tell us more about the social media

strategy adopted for the DARPA competition?

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Q.Do you think you will quickly hit a natural ceiling in your expansion

because not that many people are keen to get so involved in creating a car? i.e. sometimes people just want to choose between existing models

and purchase.

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Q. What is the biggest unresolved challenge with Local Motors you would like to solve?

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