Carbon Blog

Pins & Needles

Jul 11, 2009

Now I know everyone, including my team, are on pins and needles regarding our pending decision regarding the site location for the Carbon Campus. I get reminded of it every day and every hour! As I have said before, we have met some wonderful and extraordinary people through this process, and we certainly continue to hear from them as our decision nears. It is satisf...

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Carbon Motors Surpasses 10,000 Reservations

Jun 12, 2009

We are thrilled to announce that we have now exceeded 10,000 production slot reservations for Carbon's ‘E7’. The Company would like to extend its deepest gratitude to the hundreds of law enforcement agencies that placed those reservations from all across the country! In addition to achieving this major milestone so soon, we would also like to thank members of the ec...

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The DEADLINE nears....

May 13, 2009

Greetings from the road......I was going to say the 'campaign trail' as it sure feels that way! Has been an interesting past 10 days having stopped in Chicago, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Washington DC. And in the next ten days I will be back to Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Chicago. Well, we have set a ...

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Site Selection Status for 10,000 New Jobs

Mar 28, 2009

It was a pleasant surprise to have the governors of 4 of the 5 US States we are considering (Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, South Carolina) affirm in writing that they would be responding to our Request-for-Proposal (RFP). Unfortunately, although it has been over 2 weeks since the deadline for that response, we have not heard back from the State of North Carolina (I suspe...

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Let's Talk About Michigan

Jan 29, 2009

Ok, so the media, the feds, and most of America have continued to pile on about the issues in Michigan and specifically 'Detroit' (and you can include me in that both 'on' and 'off' the record). But let's look at the other side of the coin for once, from a more practical point of view - without the emotion, the politics, etc. Let's start with the design. So you wan...

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