April 15, 2014
Local Motors announces the launch of the 3D Printed Car Design Challenge to inform and influence the design of the vehicle that will be manufactured at IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show 2014 in Chicago, Illinois, September 8-13, 2014.
The six-week challenge will run through May 13, 2014. More than $10,000 in prize money will be awarded for winning challenge entries, which will be announced on May 30, 2014.
In January 2014, Local Motors and the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have signed a new partnership to develop and deliver technology to produce the world's first production 3-D printed vehicle.
Local Motors will use a hybrid additive/subtractive machine being developed at Oak Ridge National Labs to print a full size functional electric vehicle.
The 3D Printed Car Design Challenge will seek to define innovations in the methodology associated with incorporating additive and subtractive manufacturing methods in vehicle design and development.
"Historically, producing a new vehicle from a new design has represented a significant investment in tooling and a large commitment in time to integrate multiple structures and components," said Jay Rogers, Local Motors CEO. "This effort to design and deliver the first co-created vehicle using this digital technology and manufacturing process could change the process and speed in which vehicles are designed and built."
So the challenge are to figure out, what does the best structure look like? What materials should be used and when? What the best way to fasten to the structure?
Local Motors is inviting designers to design your vision of the Local Motors 3D printed car, which must seat 2 people, include 4 wheels and battery pack, have windshield / wind deflector, and must embed the major elements and functions of the exterior, the structure, and the interior in one main printed part. Designers are required to submit three distinct views of their project (side, ¾ front and ¾ rear), one mise-en-scene view and a description of the benefits and innovations associated with the concept.
Submissions to the Local Motors 3D-Printed Car Design Challenge will be voted on by the Local Motors Community on localmotors.com, and judged by an independent panel of experts led by Bre Pettis, CEO of MakerBot and Local Motors Board Member.
One challenge submission will be selected as the overall winner. The winning designer will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize plus a trip to IMTS to participate in the printing of the first vehicle. Up to five "Innovation Awards" winners will receive cash prizes of $1,000 each for exceptional ideas or usages specific to the 3D-printing process. One award for "Community Favorite," based on voting by the Local Motors Community, will also be awarded a $1,000 cash prize.
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