By Beth Stackpole – Local Motors, for example, is a startup car company, which, according to its mission statement, is looking to “lead the next generation of crowd-powered automotive manufacturing, design, and technology in order to enable the creation of game-changing vehicles.” Via an open community platform called Local Forge, participants, including everyone from car buffs to industrial designers and car engineers and fabricators, are invited to submit ideas, provide commentary and feedback, and eventually vote on the best design to serve as a final vehicle concept to move into production. more> http://tinyurl.com/85qe4rg
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