Entering the market with world’s first 3D car Strati, Local Motors continues its projects. The company and another innovation pioneer Siemens announced that they have been working on a new project.
Stepping into the industry with its 3D printed car manufactured at IMTS fair in 2014, Local Motors will go on its collaboration with Siemens. In this regard, the firm is stated to add new Siemens software in its manufacturing process.
As Local Motors’ CEO Jay Rogers revealed, this new partnership is actually building on years of collaboration with Siemens. “We have been partners with Siemens since 2011, and today’s announcement takes that partnership to the next level by enabling our community of co-creators to innovate even faster,” he said of this new partnership. Siemens’ Solid Edge CAD application has already been used by Local Motors for years, and has been around for all the major breakthroughs in their car development process.
With the renewed partnership, Local Motors will now expand into using more technology created by Siemens, including their NX software and Fibersim portfolio. The NX 10 software is an integrated product design, engineering and manufacturing solution created by Siemens to help streamline product design in a faster and more efficient way. Fibersim, on the other hand, is a software for composites engineering, which is designed to help engineers create durable and lightweight composite-based products and parts. Lastly, the partnership will lead to a collaborative effort with the Local Motors (LM) Labs program, which will help Local Motors increase productivity by utilizing Siemens’ expertise in creating “digital twins”. All in all, the renewed and expanded partnership will help both Local Motors and Siemens to improve their products, and further innovate a 3D print-driven world together.