Trainee-Designed Automobiles

150 Car Designers Take a Year on F-Cell Roadster

Despite what President Obama said, auto manufacturing was not invented in the U.S. The Benz Company was building cars long before cars hit America. Daimler may be tweaking the nose of the U.S. manufacturer’s by releasing a design based on the original Benz motor vehicle. This “F-Cell Roadster” has a fuel cell and was designed by trainees to give them a creative way to learn about alternative fuel designs.

It took a year and more than 150 trainees to create the F-Cell Roadster, but the entire project involved using “junior employees,” giving the company’s up-and-coming employees a creative way to learn how alternative-fuel systems come together.

Alternative Fuel Designs
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop new and innovative alternative fuel designs for automobiles.
Creative Learning for Trainees
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create creative learning opportunities for trainees in the automotive industry.
Junior Employee Involvement
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Increase junior employee involvement in designing and developing new automobile models.

Who This Affects Most

Automotive Industry
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Integrate alternative fuel designs into the automotive industry.
Education Industry
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Implement creative learning approaches in the education industry for trainees in the automotive sector.
Human Resources Industry
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Foster increased involvement of junior employees in the design and development processes within the human resources industry.
SCORE
1.1 out of 10
GENDER
70% Men30% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America, Europe
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 22%
Activity 2%
Freshness 8%

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