He and Olli had just met several hours earlier.

However, the job was not satisfying for him.

The problem in Colombia is that product design, its not as strong, Sarmiento says.

24-Year-Old Designs A Self-Driving Minibus; Maker Construct It In Weeks

But how do you whip out so many vehicle ideas quickly?

It didnt seem effective hiring a team interesting to the Internets store mind.

So, the Local Motors co-creation community was born.

Edgar Sarmiento won the Local Motors challenge to design an urban public transportation system. His self-driving electric minibus design eventually became this vehicle called Olli.

There, the company arranges competitions and challenges for designs of land and air vehicles.

Olli is Local Motors latest.

This is different, as it is a self-driving system rather than a vehicle.

A dozen people can fit inside the Olli minibus. Cognitive technology from IBM’s Watson will talk with and learn about passengers, hoping to predict their needs or reactions.

Olli became a reality with the help of some 100 partner companies.

Last, he had seen Olli, it was a 2-foot-long, 3D scale model.

Not much, he says, laughing.

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I think they need us.

He says Local Motors is not like Porsche with secret testing tracks and big unveilings at auto shows.

We will share with our community to the end, Rogers says, till we die.

Its also not like Tesla.

Referring to Google and Tesla, he says, In a sense, I think they need us.

We make it clear what people want, Rogers says.

So far they havent said yes, Rogers says.

The original Olli is being test-run this summer around National Harbor, south of Washington, D.C.

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