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Olli
Photo: AdelanteRiver, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
DiscontinuedSucceeded by Olli 2.0 United StatesSupervised

Local Motors · self-driving bus or shuttle

Olli

A 12-seat electric shuttle from Arizona's Local Motors, built partly by 3D printing and aimed at campuses and short city routes. The company stopped operating in January 2022.

Price
—Price not published
Autonomy
SupervisedHow it runs
Driverless
Not yetSafety driver on board
Fleet
—Not published
Speed
—Not published
Range
—Not published
Compare with EZ10 (first generation)

Why it matters

Billed as a largely 3D-printed self-driving minibus and used IBM Watson so riders could talk to the vehicle.

Real-world use

Unveiled at National Harbor, Maryland in 2016 and later trialled in Washington DC, Turin (2020) and Toronto before Local Motors closed in January 2022.

Timeline

First shown
2016-06-16
Released
Not yet
Opening of Local Motors facility, National Harbor, Maryland

Maker

Local MotorsCompany

How it drives

Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.

Driverless status
Safety driver on board
Where it runs
National Harbor (Maryland), Washington DC (2016), Turin ITCILO campus (2020), Toronto (until a December 2021 accident); also deployed in Saudi Arabia and Australia per WVLT

Public attention

A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current vehicles.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • No recent press stories listed yet

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement
Wheeled base
How it runs
Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.

Lineage

Every Local Motors vehicle in order.

  1. OlliOlli2016Discontinued
  2. Olli 2.0Olli 2.02019Discontinued

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not publishedPrice not published
How to get one
No official buying page found

Side by side with its peers

Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose

Full comparison
MeasureOlliOlliLocal MotorsEZ10 (first generation)EZ10 (first generation)EasyMileSame job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both past robotsArma (later Autonom Shuttle)Arma (later Autonom Shuttle)NavyaSame job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both past robotsWestfield POD (GATEway)Westfield POD (GATEway)Westfield Technology GroupSame job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both past robots
First shown2016-06-162015-042015-102017-04
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinuedDiscontinuedRetired
Height—275 cm——
Weight————
Joints————
Speed——45 km/h—
Payload————
Battery—14 h——
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Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

IndustryWeek 3D Printed, Self-driving Minibus, to Hit the Road in US Christian Science Monitor Meet Olli, America's first driverless public shuttle bus electrive Local Motors closes before e-shuttle Olli takes off The Drive Local Motors shuts down after pivoting from Rally Fighters to self-driving buses IBM Local Motors Debuts Olli, the First Self-driving Vehicle to Tap the Power of IBM Watson

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