Autonomous, 3D-printed bus for inner city mobility

Local Motors’ 3D-printed, autonomous, electric shuttle, Olli
Credit: Express Computer

Autonomous vehicles hold the potential to enable many efficiencies & economies in society.^1,2,3,4,5 One take on the autonomous vehicle is the Olli autonomous electric shuttle from Local Motors.

Economies of the Ollie concept include:

● reduced investment in vehicles due to sharing

● no inventory held by the manufacturer, as an Olli can be 3D printed in 10 hours, & assembled in just one more

● reduced energy consumption & carbon footprint due to electric drive⁶

http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/16/11952072/local-motors-3d-printed-self-driving-bus-washington-dc-launch

https://www.engadget.com/2016/06/16/olli-driverless-ev-local-motors-ibm-watson/

Thanks to Karl for this item.
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¹ “Fireside chat with Google's Sergey Brin & Larry Page (video)”, https://hhg2tech.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/fireside-chat-with-googles-sergey-brin.html

² “We have seen the future & it is delightfully dull”, https://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2015/03/we-have-seen-future-its-delightfully.html

³ “Driving (or kind of not driving) a Tesla Model S with Autopilot”, https://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2015/10/driving-or-kind-of-not-driving-tesla.html

⁴ “Volvo claims it will have “deathproof” cars by 2020”, https://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2016/01/volvo-claims-it-will-have-deathproof.html

⁵ “Is it the beginning of the end for the rear-ender?”, https://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2016/01/is-it-beginning-of-end-for-rear-ender.html

⁶ “Why does an electric car generate less carbon dioxide than a petrol powered one?”, https://hhg2t-long.blogspot.com/2011/06/why-does-electric-car-generate-less.html

/ Ollie Olli IBM Watson powered driverless autonomous electric EV electric vehicle bus 3D-printed vehicle seat 12 passengers cute driverless bus roaming streets Washington DC Olli autonomous electric minibus designed Local Motors sell 3D-printed cars this year automaker designed 12-seater 12 seater self-driving self driving system IBM use Watson's capabilities control EV's features AI artificial intelligence Watson tell Olli where you're going natural language ask questions how the technology works Olli Local Motors test the bus cities outside US Berlin Copenhagen Canberra ride trial runs local authorities EV your city driverless public vehicles legally shuttle passengers summon Olli app smartphone mobile device just like Uber Local Motors plans app company co-founder John Rogers building hundreds micro-factories all over the world 3D print Olli Ollie 10 hours assemble in one /