Wikispeed is an automotive manufacturer that produces
modular design cars. Wikispeed competed in the
Progressive Automotive X Prize competition in 2010. The car debuted at the
North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in
Detroit
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Michigan
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in January 2011.
Wikispeed was founded by Joe Justice and is headquartered in
Seattle, Washington
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. In 2011, Justice gave a TEDx talk explaining the management style implemented by the Wikispeed team.
Wikispeed innovates by applying
scrum
Scrum may refer to:
Sport
* Scrum (rugby), a method of restarting play in rugby union and rugby league
** Scrum (rugby union), scrum in rugby union
* Scrum, an offensive melee formation in Japanese game Bo-taoshi
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development techniques borrowed from the software world. They use
open source tools and lean management methods to improve their productivity.
On January 6, 2015, Wikispeed announced that they have been unable to create a working engine module since their second model and called on the community for help. On February 15, 2015, Wikispeed announced an update that they have produced another working engine module.
See also
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Open-source car
An open-source car is a car with open design: designed as open-source hardware, using open-source model, open-source principles.
Automobiles
Open-source cars include:
Completed and available to build, with link to CAD files and build instruct ...
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Electric vehicle
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Open hardware
Open-source hardware (OSH) consists of physical artifacts of technology designed and offered by the open-design movement. Both free and open-source software (FOSS) and open-source hardware are created by this open-source culture movement and a ...
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Open hardware vehicles
Modular design
Electric vehicle manufacturers of the United States
Car manufacturers of the United States
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