Localmotors

[uzj100]

https://localmotors.com/microfactory/

Have you heard of Local motors? We are discussing in class and I wanted to see what your thoughts were.

They actually 3d printed a car.

I watched a video that stated they are looking to put microfactories all over.

All content is shared and lots of the lab / factory time is free.

They will even sell your product.

This will not replace major automotive manufacturers but will be incerdieble for motor heads everywhere.

 

[NCFJ]

I did not read into it a whole lot but I am assuming some sort of franchise deal of some sort. Gonna take a big chunk of $ to get involved I am sure.

 

[little_joe]

The world of open source comes to automotive manufacturing - very welcome indeed!

@NCFJ they are not a MLM scheme or anything like that - the idea is anyone can design a car, get input from the community, then ultimately "build" it in one of the microfactories / at home. It's an awesome concept, sadly I don't know it'll ever gain traction or be anything more than a microscopic niche. Still, for those with the means (design, fab, assembly, money), it's really frickin' cool.

 

[uzj100]

They are trying to think bigger. They want to bring the number of components down to 50 for a car versus 25,000.
They want to disrupt the entire supply chain.
Very interesting concept indeed.
The videos were required course work and are eye openers.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Local Motors has been around for a while now IIRC. Their first car was the "Rallyfighter". It's been in a few movies. Very impressive.

 

[uzj100]

I think what they are saying is that localmotors will disrupt how things are done forever in the supply chain. Similar to uber and redfin.

I think a good example would be shipping ARB's across the ocean. We design and build in these micro factories for 25% off or something like that. Or any other heavy parts.