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The Sports Car Platform design challenge is now launched, and basic design principles are discussed in this video. Matt Jackson, a Local Motors engineer and a pioneer for this project, gives you a crash course on basic space frame design and how to implement characteristics effectively into your design for the sports car platform. A tube chassis will be utilized for this vehicle, and Matt presents some great tips on how to build the most effective tubular frame using triangulation and other methods. We are incredibly excited to see what kind of entries will be submitted in the next couple of weeks, so make sure to have your design submitted early to receive feedback from Matt and the other engineers here at Local Motors. Good luck! Challenge Page: https://localmotors.com/idesigncars/local-motors-sports-car-platform-design-challenge/