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Keeping Me Up At Night

Jun 3, 2008

As the head of production and procurement at Carbon Motors, one of the earliest challenges I faced was to find a practical solution to the promise that we would deliver a patrol car ready to go to work the day it arrived at the customer agency. That meant no shop time at the agency or their up-fitters’ to match the color and exterior graphics exactly to the specificati...

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What Time Is It?

Jun 13, 2008

When I joined Carbon Motors as head of product development, I knew I would draw on a number of assignments I’ve had – assignments that carried me to the four corners of the world at various points in my career. It’s not uncommon in the automotive industry to conduct business across certain boundaries, and on more than one occasion I have found myself managing teams in ...

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Word on the Street

Police Vehicles Tailored to Officers - Will Georgia Help?

Carbon Motors Corporation has the potential to generate more than 10,000 jobs for the State of Georgia. Will the State be able to keep them from moving? Don Nelson of the Athens Banner-Herald expresses his concern over the pattern of big businesses choosing to locate elsewhere.

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proActive - Lotus Engineering's Newsletter - Interviews Carbon's Trevor Rudderham

Trevor Rudderham had amassed plenty of experience in product engineering and planning in a large OEM. But a few years ago, he found himself attracted to a much smaller start–up with a very clear mission: to create a viable purpose-built law enforcement patrol car. Car...

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Prices Fuel Patrol Change

Jose Pagliery examines the way fuel costs alter the way police in Georgia operate. This article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution highlights law enforcement’s need to change patrol habits while still b...

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