During the Grand Opening of a new Local Motors facility in National Harbor, Md., the company unveiled Olli – a self-driving, 3-D printed electric car made with CFRP. According to Local Motors, it is “the first self-driving vehicle to integrate the advanced cognitive computing capabilities of IBM Watson.”
Specifically, it utilizes the computing capability of IBM Watson’s Internet of Things (IoT) to analyze and learn from high volumes of transportation data, produced by more than 30 sensors embedded throughout the vehicle.
“Olli offers a smart, safe and sustainable transportation solution that is long overdue,” Local Motors CEO and co-founder John B. Rogers, Jr. said. “Olli with Watson acts as our entry into the world of self-driving vehicles, something we’ve been quietly working on with our co-creative community for the past year. We are now ready to accelerate the adoption of this technology and apply it to nearly every vehicle in our current portfolio and those in the very near future. I’m thrilled to see what our open community will do with the latest in advanced vehicle technology.”
