BREAKING NEWS – Phoenix, Arizona – Local Motors wants to change the way America makes things. In fact, it already has. The Phoenix-based automotive and industrial design and manufacturing outfit was one of the pioneers of cloud-based co-creation, where members of a 150,000-member strong online community submit and refine ideas for products, dramatically speeding up the process. Produced from a new fiber-reinforced thermoplastic strong enough for use in an automotive application, the chassis and body without drivetrain, wheels and brakes weighs a scant 450 pounds and the completed car is comprised of just 40 components, a number that gets smaller with every revision. Car thieves and chop-shops nationwide are now salivating welcoming the new technology, and anticipating the relative ease they will have in stripping stolen cars.