Carbon Blog

Should I Write a Book?

Jan 31, 2010

This month is my 7 year anniversary of working day and night with my team to make the world’s first purpose-built law enforcement patrol vehicle a reality for our brave women and men in uniform all across this country – and to create thousands of new American jobs in the process. Many have told me formally or informally that I need to write a book about the journey. I...

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Every Responsible Step

Dec 2, 2009

The White House turns its attention today to reducing the nation's unemployment rate that currently tops 10%, the highest level in 26 years. A White House Jobs Summit is scheduled to take place tomorrow and hopes, in particular, to promote "green" jobs - a task already under way by Carbon Motors, right here in the heartland of America. Carbon Motors is hungry to ...

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The Real Deal.

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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11 MPG. You Are Kidding, Right?

Oct 12, 2009

As you know, our motto has been “Designed by Law Enforcement, For Law Enforcement” and with our announcement of calling Connersville, Indiana home we’ll add “Built by Americans for Americans!” Well, the “Designed by Law Enforcement” bit has very much to do with the over 3,500 Carbon Council members from all 50 US States that have volunteered their time, their opinion...

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