The 12-seater vehicle is currently being on a test run in Washington DC.

Do not be surprised if you see a cute driverless bus strutting on the street of Washington DC. Designed by Local Motors, Olli is a 3D printed autonomous electric minibus. The name of the company might ring a bell, for you might have heard it in the context of a company wanting to sell 3D printed cars from this year.

Olli is a 12 seater self-driving bus designed by Local Motors in collaboration with IBM so as to capitalize on Watson’s capabilities to power electric vehicle along with their modern myriad features.

One of these capabilities include telling Olli, in natural language, such as where you want to go – “I would like to go [home] / [work place]”. You can also query it on how this technology works. Unlike its older predecessor, it will not get bugged and kick you out, if you keep asking, “Are we there yet?”

For the next couple of months, Olli will be exclusive to Washington DC, but in late 2016, it will gradually get launched in Las Vegas and Miami as well.

Thankfully, Local Motors is also in early talks with officials with other cities including, Canberra, Copenhagen and Berlin.

Currently Olli is on trial runs, so in case you want to hitch a ride on the bus in your city, you will have to pester your local authorities so that Olli comes to your city.

Once autonomous driverless electric vehicles can legally shuttle passengers in public vehicles, you will be in a position to summon Olli through its app, just the way you do with Uber.

And if Local Motor’s plan becomes operational, John Roger’s vision, of creating hundreds of micro factories all over the globe from which vehicles like Olli can be 3D printed, will become reality.

As you must have guessed, John Rogers, co-founded Local Motors.