| Local Motors and IBM, the strongest 3D printing car company in the US, joined hands with IBM in launching Olli, the world's first IoT mini-bus, in 2017. This lovely car is powered by IBM's Watson cloud computing platform that not only drives autonomously but also has Self-learning ability, so it attracted the attention of a lot of people on the scene - Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Bahn has been in Berlin to conduct a practical test of it and announced the formal introduction of 50 units in the future.  Now that the good news is that Local Motors has partnered with Elite Transportation Services (ETS) in Florida and Xcelerate in Texas, Olli is hoping to make production and distribution faster and easier. ETS and Local Motors signed an agreement to provide customers with a 'full Olli operational solution,' while providing routine maintenance, insurance, warranty services, monitoring, management and operations for vehicles. In addition, ETS agreed to use its services Local Motors customers provide up to 1 billion US dollars (about 6. .48 Billion yuan) financing. Local Motors, which already has partnerships with other carriers, said it is able to provide 84-month Olli financing to allow its customers to maintain relationships with their shipping partners, which will come from Xcelerate's $ 20 million investment The latter is funded specifically by companies or organizations that develop sustainable and autonomous transportation solutions. As of now, Local Motors has established mini-factories in five cities in the United States, including Phoenix, Knoxville, Las Vegas, National Harbor and Berlin, Germany, with the aim of manufacturing Olli locally on demand According to data provided by the company, the adoption of 3D printing technology has brought great benefits to production, not only reducing the cost of the tool by 50%, but also reducing the overall time by 90%, so it can be said that Olli's development prospects are very clear. Believe that with the rise of autonomous vehicles, it will not be long before it will appear in more cities. Source: South Polar Bear 3D printing network |
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