As the crowd-sourced car company Local Motors pushes to build its first production auto entirely with 3D printing by the end of 2014, they’ve made a smart move and added leading 3D printing evangelist and CEO of MakerBot, Bre Pettis, to their Board of Directors. Local Motors is most famous for its Rally Fighter, a crowd-sourced and open-source car design that customers build themselves alongside the company’s own team at Local Motors’ Microfactories. They recently teamed up with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to further their effort to additively manufacture a complete car. As the founder and CEO of MakerBot, Bre Pettis will contribute, not only his business and 3D printing knowledge, but also the MakerBot name. And, with his company recently acquired by Stratasys, he brings the clout of one of the largest members of the 3D printing industry.…
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