Car maker Local Motors has partnered with IBM to create “Olli”, the world’s first self-driving, electric minibus whose chassis is manufactured using 3D printing.
The automated vehicle, which can carry up to 12 people, is already moving passengers around Washington DC, and later this year will branch out to Miami and Las Vegas.
It takes about 24 hours to print an Olli, after which it is fitted with its battery and an IT system that makes use of IBM’s “Watson” cognitive learning technology.
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