Motivo Engineering
Motivo Engineering, founded in 2010 and based in Gardena, California, is a hardware product development and systems integration firm offering end-to-end engineering from concept, systems, mechanical, electrical and software engineering to prototyping, validation and low-volume production, across mobility, robotics and automation, aerospace, energy storage and agtech.
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Motivo Engineering, founded in 2010 and based in Gardena, California, is a hardware product development and systems integration firm offering end-to-end engineering from concept, systems, mechanical, electrical and software engineering to prototyping, validation and low-volume production, across mobility, robotics and automation, aerospace, energy storage and agtech. Clients include Honda, Toyota, Volvo, Airbus A³, Lyft, Drive.ai, Carbon Robotics and Monarch Tractor.
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