Open source cars

The open source movement in the field of software represented by the Linux operating system and the Firefox web browser has resonated loudly and is beginning to influence some other areas. A famous German businessman is following this trend and applies the same solution for car design. Former BMW employee Markus Merz, currently running an auto consulting firm in Dingolfing City, named his project OScar - short for Open Source Car.

The open-source car project allows people to copy, edit and redistribute confidential information about an auto manufacturing technology without paying royalties to the inventor. Merz's project is attracting engineers, designers and car experts on online forums to exchange ideas on how to improve car design. Merz hopes that because of not being bound by copyright issues and common barriers such as profitability, marketing and technology, industry experts will come up with new advanced solutions.

Share online design ideas

Car designers and manufacturers can benefit from online sharing information.(Photo: motorpasion)

With a website that serves as a ' headquarters ' for future cars (concept cars), participants will talk to each other on the basis of some technical standards. For example, cars will be about 4m long, 2m wide, have 4 doors, run on electricity and have a maximum speed of about 150 km / hour. Participants discussed ideas on online forums organized in four main themes: unity - including design, production and distribution; parts - including body, engine and safety system; tools - including computer design and simulation tools; network - discuss potential partners. A group of technicians will take charge of each forum to ensure that the best ideas will be deployed to the stage of computer modeling and testing.

Since then, anyone, including car manufacturers, will be encouraged to build cars in the form, without copyright and without proprietary data. Lukas Neckerman, car sales development specialist for a financial services company in Munich and responsible for communication for OScar, said the most effective tool available to realize everything is passion. passion and creativity and work are widely shared.

Not only cars, OScar is also a forum to popularize open source ideas for all other areas of life.

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