Local Motors’ Latest Is a Drifting, Electric Big Wheel for Grownups

Local Motors' Latest Is a Drifting, Electric Big Wheel for Grownups

The crowd-design gearheads at Local Motors are at it again, with a Kickstarter project that will make your inner eight-year-old hyperventilate: the Verrado, a motorized, grown-up sized Big Wheel that drifts.

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Badass Carmaker Local Motors Might Make Your Next Fridge

Badass Carmaker Local Motors Might Make Your Next Fridge

Crowdsourced carmaker Local Motors, makers of the 100 percent bonkers Rally Fighter you see above, just teamed up with GE Appliances, maker of… appliances. Clearly, your kitchen is about to get way more badass.

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A Visit to Local Motors, Badass Innovators of Future Vehicle Design

A Visit to Local Motors, Badass Innovators of Future Vehicle Design

Gizmodo had the pleasure today of stopping by the future Las Vegas factory, autoshop, office, and cafe space for Local Motors, easily one of the most innovative vehicle-design outfits in the country.

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Motorized Bike Hides 21st-Century Tech With Turn-of-the-Century Style

Local Motors, the madcap group behind the crowd-designed Rally Fighter off-road racer, wants to make motorized bicycles look cool. Specifically, 1900s board track motorcycle cool. I’d say they managed to do just that.

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