• Auto Tech
    IBM, Local Motors preparing for commercialize autonomous bus

    IBM and crowd-sourcing automotive outfit Local Motors don’t think so, as their new Olli concept recently demonstrated on the roads near Washington, D.C. Does a bus really need a driver? Calling Olli a concept might be a bit misleading, however, since by the end of the year Local Motors and IBM plan to have a […]

  • Automotive News
    Actually IBM’s Watson Will Soon Be Driving a Bus in Washington D.C.

    Named “Olli,” the bus has room for 12 people and uses IBM Watson’s cloud-based cognitive computing system to provide information to passengers. IBM has teamed up with Local Motors, a Phoenix-based automotive manufacturer that made the first 3D-printed car, to create a self-driving electric bus. In addition to automatically driving you where you want to go […]