Local Motors

Specialties

Local Motors is a new American car company where you which car concepts are developed and made available for you to purchase and build in your local area. As a customer you join us in the Local Motors Micro-​Factory to help build your vehicle.

The Rally Fighter, our first production vehicle is now available for purchase and build in our Phoenix Micro-​Factory. Learn more @ www​.ral​ly​fighter​.com

History

Established in 2008.

Local Motors is a new American car company setting an exciting and sustainable course to design, manufacture, and sell cars for niche markets. Local Motors co-​creates new purposeful vehicles and components with its community of 14,000 designers, engineers and enthusiasts using open source principals. Anyone can join the Local Motors community at www. local​-motors​.com to assist in designing and engineering of new, innovative, vehicles, and anyone can help choose which vehicles are produced and available for purchase. Local Motors shares all vehicle data to allow easier modification, home builds or creation of new components to fit existing vehicles. Local Motors does not sell kits. Customers get to build their co-​created vehicle at the Local-​Motors Micro Factory with professional assistance. The build is completed during 2, 3-​day build weekends. Local Motors has been recognized for its groundbreaking approach to automotive development, appearing in articles in Popular Science, Wired

Meet the Business Owner

John B. Rogers, Jr. R.

Business Owner

Jay is helping to build a game-​changing American car company. Jay is relentlessly passionate about cars and the industry which surrounds them. His rides have included a 1991 BMW 535, 1971 Mercedes 300SL, a 1996 Dodge Viper R/​T10, 1994 Chevrolet 1500 with hydraulic dump-​bed, a 2002 Honda Element, and now he drives a 1971 Mercedes 280SL. Previously, John served for 6 years in the United States Marine Corps, where he was an Infantry Company Commander. He has worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Co., as an investment analyst at Ewing & Partners, and at a start-​up medical device company in the People’s Republic of China. Jay serves as the Chief Investment Officer and director of the RBR Foundation, a philanthropic foundation focused on education and healthcare. He is a graduate of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar).