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IMTS Deadline Reminder

Ari Ferreira — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:38:56 +0000

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, -4 UTC)

Vote for Shell GameChanger – 15 Per Day

Ari Ferreira — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:33:21 +0000

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 to both our facebook and twitter streams – you can follow us in either place to vote when we do.

If you’re looking for a little weekday distraction, this is it – who doesn’t love an hourly dose of car design?

Vote for Shell GameChanger Winners

Jay & Alex Interview on MotoIQ Radio with Will

Ari Ferreira — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:56:12 +0000

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

Voting Extension for Shell GameChanger D.R.I.V.E.N

Ari Ferreira — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:13:43 +0000

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
Vote DRIVEN Basra
Vote DRIVEN Houston
Vote DRIVEN Sao Paolo

Next, Shell company GameChanger leaders will choose the top prize winner from among the top 5 as voted by you, the community.

Winners to be announced March 13th. GameChanger DRIVEN, click here.

SCALE MODEL!
Once the winning design is chosen, Local Motors will create a scale model of the winning design that will be shown internationally!

For details on the new and improved voting system, read this.

Voting For Shell GameChanger Competition

Wade Williams — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:13:12 +0000

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. As always, we are open to feedback.

To start with, here is a quick video to walk you through the process:

Voting Status

The first thing you will notice with the new selection process is a new voting status layout on the entries page. At the top you will see a status indicator indicating how many entries you have voted on.

The entries you have voted on will go down to the bottom of the page and will display the average score you voted on them, so that you have a clear idea of which entries you voted on and how you voted on them.

Secondly, you will notice slightly updated categories. The categories are clearly defined below to help you make a more informed decision as you vote on entries.

Categories:

Aesthetic Design: In this category you will be voting on the overall aesthetic design. While this competition was more about coming up with a game changing concept, style is always important as the way an object appears can play a significant role in its overall success. Keep in mind that in this category you will not necessarily be voting on the rendering and drawing abilities of contestants, but rather the aesthetic design– how the vehicle looks.

1. Overall design is boring and not interesting. “I have no desire to drive that!”

2. Overall design has few interesting elements, but it is clear the designer is trying.

3. Overal design is nice, but not necessarily memorable or original.

4. Overall design is quite good, but could still use some improvement.

5. Overall design is really beautiful, original, and makes me really want to take the vehicle for a spin!

Addressing a Social Problem: In this category you will be voting on how well the project the designer is presenting addresses a social problem that is affecting the area the car is designed for. Is the way the designer is addressing that problem well thought out and plausible, or is it very minimal.

1. Project doesn’t really address a social problem.

2. Project tries to address a social problem but the means of doing so are only slightly thought out and/ or not explained well.

3. Project addresses a social problem, but the means of doing so are typical and already in existence.

4. Project addresses a social problem and does a creative way of doing so, but it could be better.

5. Project addresses a social problem in a very creative way that would clearly bring about change in the area the project was designed for.

Use of locally sourced materials and energy sources: In this category you will be voting on how well the designer tried to use locally sourced materials and/ or energy sources. Does a project use materials or energy sources that would be produced half way around the world and then have to be shipped to its location, or does it take advantage of the local materials and energy sources and utilize them to its advantage?

1. Project doesn’t use locally sourced materials or energy from what I can tell.

2. Project makes extremely light use of locally available materials and/ or energy sources, but the advantages to this are negligible.

3.Project makes light use of locally available materials and/ or energy sources, but not enough to really make a difference.

4. Project uses some materials and/ or energy sources that can be found locally, but

5. Project does a great job of using locally available materials and energy, and would be a great fit for the location it is designed for because of this.

IMTS Rally Fighter Graphic CarSkins – Challenge Begins!

Ari Ferreira — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:23:19 +0000

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 Fighter LIVE at their event in September. This is their way of highlighting the current and future potential of collaborative manufacturing.

IMTS Press Release: http://www.local-motors.com/news/

Participate in the Open Wheel Challenge!

Alex Fiechter — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:46:23 +0000

Get your designs printed and show off!

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 of each month, the top 5 most liked models will be 3D printed and sent to the authors.

Now for the “Open” part: The best part about this whole activity is that all the designs put up are then available to the community to help with their own Projects! As this challenge continues we will build up a great collection of wheels. These can then be used in other models or sketches where we want to worry about the whole car, and not get bogged down rendering peripherals like the rims.

So come join in, submit your models and “Like” others work, and let’s build a community resource!

D.R.I.V.E.N. TinyChats this Saturday!

Nyko Depeyer — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:52:49 +0000

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, don’t worry!

We are Very excited to announce that in addition to having members from the Local Motors Design Team, we will have members from the Shell GameChanger team to help answer your questions.

Starting Saturday Feb 4th at 9:00h PST (UTC-8) we will host our second “D.R.I.V.E.N. Chat” for this contest. As you can see from the banner above, the times will be as follows in your neck of the woods:

Los Angeles: 9:00h

Dallas: 11:00h

New York: 12:00h

Sao Paulo: 15:00h

Amsterdam: 18:00h

Basra: 20:00

Mumbai (Bombay) / Bangalore: 22:30h

As always, this will be hosted at www.tinychat.com/localmotors

We hope to see you there!

See you Saturday! For now, keep up the great work on your projects!

Is your Shell GameChanger DRIVEN car design ready?

Ari Ferreira — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:30:51 +0000

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 are being developed all with a chance of a grand prize of $7,000 and $15,000 in total prizes.

As of TODAY, if your competition entry is ready you can submit it to the competition. Watch this video if you need to learn how.

And if you’re planning to design for future mobility, be sure to enter your design by February 7th at 24:59 (-4UTC).

How to create a Forge entry – for competition & projects

Ari Ferreira — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:14:27 +0000

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: