Event

Bringing the Future of Transportation to University of Maryland, College Park

Thursday, February 16, 2017
1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Glen L. Martin Hall, Rm 1179
Yeming Hao
yhao@umd.edu
http://its-ite.umd.edu/index.php

Local Motors (LM) designs, builds, and sells vehicles. In June of 2016, LM launched Olli, the world's first cognitive self-driving mobility solution in National Harbor, MD. Now, LM plans to bring Olli pilots and demos to the University of Maryland (UMD)* along with establishing vehicle production in Prince George's County.

Learn about these plans and more of LM's story during this presentation from General Manager David Woessner.

The event is hosted by the ITS-ITE University of Maryland Student Chapter and sponsored by UMD's National Transportation Center. 

About David Woessner

David C. Woessner is an expert in topics of globalization, localization and emerging technologies and has written articles and whitepapers on mobility, connectivity and automotive technology hubs. He has over 15 years of executive leadership, strategy, business development, sales and relationship management experience. He currently serves as the first General Manager of Local Motors in Detroit and Washington DC. He is responsible for operations of the educational, sales and demonstration facility in National Harbor, MD. His primary focus is working with local stakeholders to develop and build a full Micro-factory to produce locally relevant vehicles.

David earned his MBA and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology while serving multiple terms on the National Society of Black Engineers’ National Board of Directors. He received his BA in Physics and German from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana.

*University of Maryland is in ongoing discussions with Local Motors about these and other collaborations.