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Wikispeed is an automotive startup with a modular design car. Wikispeed competed in the Progressive Automotive X Prize competition in 2010 and won the tenth place in the mainstream class, which had a hundred other cars competing, often from big companies and universities. [1] [2] [3] [4] The car debuted at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, Michigan in January 2011. [5] [6]

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Wikispeed was founded by Joe Justice and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. In 2011, Justice gave a TEDx talk explaining the management style implemented by the Wikispeed team. [7]

In May of 2012, Joe Justice launched an Indiegogo campaign to crowdfund further refinement of their prototype design into a market-ready kit car. Justice did not seek development funding from "traditional venture capital" in an effort to avoid forcing the Wikispeed project "into commercial short-term money-making". [4] The campaign sought roughly $50,000 over a period of two months. [4] The campaign failed.

Wikispeed innovates by applying scrum development techniques borrowed from the software development industry. They use open source tools and lean management methods to improve their productivity. [8]

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. [9]

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References

  1. "Wikispeed". Progressive Auto Xprize. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  2. Sammicheli, Paolo (July 12, 2018). "Scrum for Hardware" . Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  3. Blanco, Sebastian (May 10, 2010). "Automotive X-Prize: Wikispeed Team Collaborates, Struggles with SGT01 Modular Car". green.autoblog.com. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 Denning, Steve. "Wikispeed: How A 100 mpg Car Was Developed In 3 Months". Forbes. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  5. "2011 NAIAS: Wikispeed SGT01". autoevolution. January 11, 2011. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  6. Stenquist, Paul (January 11, 2011). "Wikispeed SGT01 Awaits an Angel". The New York Times . Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  7. "TEDxRainier - Joe Justice - WikiSpeed". December 26, 2011 via www.youtube.com.
  8. "From Henry Ford to Joe Justice : WikiSpeed, Manufacturing in the Age of Open Collaboration". Ouishare.net. October 25, 2012. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  9. "Wikispeed Needs You!".