I hadn't heard that LM went out of business in 2022. Well.. it was a really cool try at getting a non contemporary car company to flourish without a distribution system.
Showing posts with label Local Motors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Local Motors. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Monday, January 17, 2022
Local Motors is shutting down this month
Local Motors was founded in 2007, delivering its first model, the Rally Fighter, in 2009 after 18 months of development. Rally Fighter production ended in 2016
Monday, September 09, 2019
Local Motors should use this clip for marketing and sales
if you made a car that could take that punishment and keep racing, wouldn't you use it for self promotion?
https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2017/03/keep-on-keeping-on.html
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Fast & Furious just released images of the Rally Fighter that will be used to conquer Iceland, driven by Michelle Rodriguez's Letty character:
http://www.core77.com/posts/54226/Local-Motors-Goes-Fast-n-Furious-in-Iceland
LM is doing great getting the Rally Fighter into movies, they were just featured in Transformers 4
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Sunday, October 05, 2014
the drift trike Local Motors made
Local Motors now produces an electric version of its standard Verrado drift trike. Many of the parts are carried over, including the BMW fork, sexy steel-tube body, and go-kart-style rear tires wrapped in 10-inch PVC sleeves, which allow the trike’s rear end to break loose easily. The standard Verrardo needs a hill (or a buddy with a truck and a tow strap) to function, but the electric Verrado doesn’t.
Powered by a 1000-watt motor on the hub of the front wheel, the electric Verrado will get up to about 20 mph. A motorcycle-style twist throttle on the handlebar controls your speed. The lithium-ion battery pack mounted to the rear axle gives you about 45 minutes of riding time after a three-hour charge. Since the electric Verraro is front-wheel-drive, its PVC-wrapped rear wheels have little effect on the trike’s traction (until you want them to, that is)
$600 without the electric motor, $1700 with
https://localmotors.com/localmotors/verrado-drift-trike/
Found on http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news/1407-gear-local-motors-electric-drift-trike/
Friday, June 27, 2014
It's official! A Rally Fighter is in the new Transformers movie!
Pretty damn cool to see an independent car company get some terrific product placement in a summer blockbuster legacy movie!
http://www.local-motors.com/
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/06/local-motors-rally-fighter-in-new.html for a couple screen shots and the movie trailer
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
It's "National Day of Making"! And Local Motors is FEATURED at the White House! Congrats!
Photos from https://localmotors.com/blog/
President Barack Obama has officially declared June 18th as a "National Day Of Making." The Local Motors crew is thrilled to join the #NationOfMakers at the White House Maker Faire tomorrow to celebrate U.S. manufacturing, entrepreneurship, & innovation.
"I call upon all Americans to observe this day with programs,ceremonies, and activities that encourage a new generation of makers and manufacturers to share their talents and hone their skills," said the President of the United States.
The White House announced its intent to celebrate America’s students and entrepreneurs who are inventing the future at its first-ever Maker Faire. The event will take place at the White House on Wednesday, June 18th, It will feature “makers, innovators, and entrepreneurs of all ages who are using cutting-edge tools to bring their ideas to life.”
Mobifactory will demonstrate how Local Motors empowers innovators using crowd-powered, distributed, advanced manufacturing
The White House Maker Faire will highlight the remarkable stories of “Makers that are driving the next era of American innovation, as well as commitments by leading organizations to help more students and entrepreneurs get involved in making things.”
Founded by US Marine and Iraq veteran Jay Rogers, Local Motors is helping to drive the Third Industrial Revolution by accelerating the pace at which ideas move from mind, to market.
As a pioneer in crowd-sourced design and distributed micromanufacturing, Local Motors disrupts traditional product development practices by reaching out to the broader, global community of designers, engineers, enthusiasts and makers in order to deliver innovation literally, at the pace of conversation.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Good news, a small car company is doing well, and expanding! Local Motors has opened a new shop in Las Vegas
this nice guy on the right, I believe he is the founder of Local Motors. His father, son, and wife were there to help celebrate this accomplishment... that 3 generations of this family are a part of this is more special in context of learning that they are only a couple generations from the founders of Indian motorbikes. Keeping a family tradition and culture of making a distinct difference in vehicular history in America. That is very cool
I love the street sign furniture! http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/11/this-is-cool-furniture.html
https://localmotors.com/
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