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  Today is the day! If you want to see your graphic skills applied to a Rally Fighter, now is your chance.  Create a unique CarSkin for IMTS, the International Manufacturing Technology Show – but do it by tonight at midnight (GMT -8 / EST, -4UTC)   Deadline: Today, Tuesday Feb. 22nd, 23:59 (GMT -8/EST, [...]

As you know, Local Motors and Shell GameChanger extended the voting deadline because of the massive number of quality entrants.  Now you have time to vote! Deadline is now March 4th as stated here. You can certainly vote when and however you like, and to help organize the effort we’ll be posting about 15 designs/day [...]

Local Motors was featured on MotoIQ Radio last night. Here’s the full interview:

  Voting has been Extended:  Due to the high volume of quality entries – 170+ (way to go community!!!) we have extended the voting period for the Shell GameChanger D.R.I.V.E.N. Design Competition to March 4th at 23:59 (GMT).  You can vote to choose the winner in each of 5 cities: Vote DRIVEN Amsterdam Vote DRIVEN Bangalore [...]

In an effort to make voting on Local Motors more fun, meaningful, and fair, we have updated our voting system with a few new features, and we have clearly defined the meaning behind each category for the voting process. We hope this will make the selection process more fun and meaningful for you, the community. [...]

    Design a winning car skin for the IMTS Rally Fighter, and you could not only win $1050, but your design will wrap this Rally Fighter and will be featured around the United States. Check it out! http://www.local-motors.comm/imts IMTS is not only designing car skins with us, they are going to build a Rally [...]

Come participate in the Open Wheel Challenge on the Forge! This Challenge is a chance for you to show off your creativity and your CAD prowess on the Forge! Come Model up rims or wheels in 3D and post them in the thread. Go through other people’s CAD and “Like” your favorites! At the end [...]

Intrepid Designers, and Shell GameChanger D.R.I.V.E.N Contestants: For those of you who have questions or would like to discuss certain topics related to the competition, Local Motors will be hosting another TinyChat LIVE this Saturday. We will be keeping the TinyChat room open extra long so if you don’t make it right at the beginning, [...]

  If your design is ready you can enter it into the competition! Since the DRIVEN competition details were posted last week we’ve seen some awesome designs for future mobility posted at the Forge. DRIVEN stands for Designs for Relevant and Innovative Vehicles for Energy Needs.  Designs for Amsterdam, Bangalore, Basra, Houston and Sao Paolo [...]

So, you want to add a project to the Forge or submit a design to the upcoming DRIVEN competition. This video will set you on your way: