Local Motors

Local Motors
Company typePrivate
IndustryManufacturing
Founded2007 (2007)
DefunctJanuary 14, 2022 (2022-01-14)
HeadquartersPhoenix, Arizona
Key people
John B. Rogers Jr., Justin Fishkin, Vikrant Aggarwal

Local Motors was an American manufacturing company focused on low-volume production of open-source vehicles and other products using multiple microfactories. The company built a platform that combined online community co-creation with distributed digital manufacturing. It was co-founded in 2007 by John B. Rogers Jr. and had headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. It produced the Rally Fighter (claimed to be the world’s first open-source car), the Strati (a 3D-printed car) and Olli (a 3D-printed, electric-powered, self-driving minibus).