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3D Printed Cars to Hit The Road Next Year

The soon-to-arrive model, called “Reload Redacted Swim/Sport”, will feature customizable, interchangeable, sleek parts that can be arranged to fit individual tastes and lifestyles. Rogers, Jr., CEO and co-founder of Local Motors.

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Local Motors launched Project Redacted to challenge the co-creation community to imagine and design the next generation of 3D-printed cars.

Moreover, the Local Motors co-creation community has designed an electric powertrain test platform to look into the domain of advanced battery technology for the 3D-printed vehicle series, which the company intends to harness in the next one and a half years.

The winning entry was chosen after a voting process that tapped the Local Motors community, as well as a professional judging panel, including ex- Tonight Show host and auto enthusiast Jay Leno, SEMA Vice President of Vehicle Technology John Waraniak and SABIC Senior Manager Geert Jan Schellekens. Its moniker, Reload Redacted – Swim/Sport, indicates two optional body types. It will initially be sold as a low speed neighborhood vehicle, with a price tag between $18,000-$30,000, but the company says that a highway legal version will be available by the end of 2016.

The initiative, which has witnessed partnership with top varsities and laboratories, would be put forward into 3D-printing and other technologies. “The vehicle”, he said, “is about the customer”. “The goal of this program is for us to begin to understanding the challenges of a transportation-on-demand system built around autonomous cars”. The Chandler-based company will be partnering with ASU on research into advanced materials used in the large-scale, manufacturing 3-D printer.

There is certainly a lot going on for this company as they plan to rapidly leapfrog the entire industry with new technologies, manufacturing methods, and a unique business model. Local Motors is already working to identify numerous cutting-edge battery options.

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Local MotorsThe victor of Local Motors design competition is a 3D printed modular vehicle. As a part of this program Local Motors has provided LOCO University Vehicles to these schools, and the schools will in turn hopefully amplify the research and development around 3D printed vehicles.

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