Carbon Blog

Chicago, IL: 2008 Pure Justice Tour

Oct 14, 2008

It was great that we were able to kick off the 2008 Pure Justice Tour in my hometown of Chicago. I have enjoyed the last 15 years living here in this vibrant city and witnessed first hand the tremendous contributions and support that the Chicago law enforcement community has provided Carbon Motors in the development of the E7 over the last several years. It was also g...

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Intelligent Mirror

Aug 17, 2008

So how do you know that the Carbon E7 will be a hit with customers? Well, our motto is “Designed by Law Enforcement, For Law Enforcement”! Over the last several years we have worked with over 800 law enforcement agencies from small, medium, and large agencies to local, state, and federal authorities in urban, rural, and coastal environments across all 50 US States. ...

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Out of Service

Aug 5, 2008

I recall going through my patrol vehicle checklist one morning after roll call. All the standard stuff: oil, tire pressure, body damage, contraband sweep, etc. When I flipped on the emergency lights, the entire left side of my light bar was out! We’ve all been there, so I was noticeably annoyed about the chain of events that I knew were about to transpire. I notifie...

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Opportunity in Chaos

Jul 15, 2008

Prices for raw materials have skyrocketed. Plastics, steel, aluminum, rubber – almost every possible ingredient in vehicles today has gone up by amounts never anticipated by even the brightest of analysts. The headlines capture and forecast existing economic challenges and strike fear with predictions of more disasters to come in financials, industrials, real estate, ...

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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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