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Nov 15, 2009

In the last few days I have been asked to comment on the announcements by two of Detroit’s legacy retail automakers regarding their ‘new police car entrants’. First and foremost, we welcome and applaud each and every effort that will help better protect our neighborhoods and improve the safety of our 840,000 brave women and men who put a badge a law enforcement unif...

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10.2% Nationwide Unemployment.

Nov 10, 2009

With the release of the U.S. Department of Labor jobs data last Friday, November 6th 2009 marked a couple of ominous milestones that distressed most Americans, even those with a job. These have raised serious alarm bells for the Congress and the Administration: • The October jobless rate hit double-digits – 10.2% for the first time since 1983. • 15.7 million Ame...

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"So Where Do I Apply For A Job?"

Sep 7, 2009

“So Where Do I Apply?” must be the #1 Frequently Asked Question since we announced that Connersville, Indiana would be home at the end of July 2009. We have a great deal of work ahead of us before we begin full-scale production, and we have certainly been flattered by all of the calls, letters, emails, blog postings, and general smoke signals with such kind words and ...

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William Santana Li on "Connersville Speaks"

If you didn’t see the live interview with Bill Li on “Connersville Speaks”, be sure to catch it on webstream.

Open this link in a new window or tab, find the TV3 tab at the upper right, then click on “Video on Demand.”...

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The KITT of Connersville: How Carbon Motors Decided to Build Police Cars in Indiana

Lydia Dishman (Fast Company Magazine) follows the site selection process from pre-“Carbon Motors Day” to selecting Connersville, Indiana, as the site for the entirety of Carbon Motors’ operation. Follow along in this fast paced story of Americana and innovation. Tagged: police, police car, carbon motors, homeland security, e7, fast company, lydia, dishman, jobs, economic, development, connersville, indiana, cop, cops, cop car, cop cars, purpose built, law enforcement patrol vehicle, patrol, patrol vehicle

Carbon Motors Files for $310 Million Federal Loan

CONNERSVILLE, IN — Today, on the heels of announcing jointly with Governor Mitch Daniels, before thousands of Americans, law enforcement officials, and local, state, and federal authorities, that it would locate its operation in Connersville, Indiana at a shuttered au...

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