Njengoba iphume ngokushesha ngemicimbi eminingi embonini kanye nesici ku-Today Show ye-NBC, i-Local Motors ibilokhu ijabulela isikhathi sayo esivelele ngemoto yayo yokuqala ephrintiwe nge-3D, i-The Strati.
Ukuklanywa nokukhiqizwa kweStrati kwaqala ngomncintiswano wokuklama osebenzisa izinsiza eziningi epulatifomu yokuklama eyingqayizivele ye-Local Motors futhi kwethulwa ngokusemthethweni embukisweni wezobuchwepheshe bokukhiqiza wamazwe ngamazwe (i-IMTS) eChicago ekuqaleni kwaleli hlobo. Imoto kagesi ephrintiwe ngomshini owodwa isunduza i-Local Motors endaweni entsha njengoba umenzi wezimoto ofunwayo futhi i-Local Motors ilindele ukuthumela izimoto eziphrintiwe ezilungele umgwaqo omkhulu ngo-2015.
Namuhla, i-Local Motors imemezele umncintiswano omusha wokuthuthukisa ukuklanywa kwe-Strati nakakhulu nge-ModMen Challenge yabo. Inselele icela abaklami, onjiniyela nanoma ubani onentshisekelo ekwakhiweni kwezimoto ukuthi "baqhekeze" futhi balungise indikimba ekhona ye-Strati.
Ababambiqhaza kulindeleke ukuthi bathumele iziphakamiso zokuguqulwa kwedizayini emzuliswaneni wokuvota ku-inthanethi ozobona abawinile abangu-12 bethola izimoto zabo zomuntu siqu eziphrintiwe nge-3D ehlanganiswe nomklamo wabo.
"Kusukela emijahweni, ukuya emgwaqeni, ukukhombisa, ukuguqulwa kwezimoto bekulokhu kuwumphefumulo wangempela wokuqanjwa kabusha kwezimoto," kusho umsunguli we-Local Motors Co-founder kanye ne-CEO uJohn B. Rogers, Jr. "Ku-Local Motors, umgomo wethu uwukugqugquzela okulandelayo. isizukulwane esihle 'se-Hot Rodders' ngokubeka ubuchwepheshe obusha kakhulu ezandleni zaso, futhi i-ModMen Challenge yenza lokho kanye. Lezi akuzona nje izimoto ezingu-12 ezenziwe ngokwezifiso ezinezingxenye ze-aftermarket, kodwa ukubuka ikusasa lokucabanga kabusha kwezimoto. Angisakwazi ukulinda ukubona ukuthi leli qembu liwuphusha kanjani umngcele wezimoto eziphrintiwe nge-3D.”
Umncintiswano uzovulwa ngoJanuwari ka-2015 futhi iziphakamiso zedizayini eziwinile eziyi-12 zizomenyezelwa ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva ngoMashi. Kulabo abawinile, bangalindela ukushayela endaweni yangakubo ngemoto ephrintiwe ye-3D ekuqaleni kukaMeyi ka-2015.
I-ModMen Challenge ivulekele umphakathi futhi ungathola okwengeziwe ngokubhalisa lapha.
(Isithombe esivelele sivela ku- Masters of Chicken Scratch )
