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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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Police Taking Steps to Save Gas

Kevin Johnson describes for USA Today the difficulties law enforcement agencies have coping with rising fuel costs. But are we jeopardizing public safety by reducing patrol time, increasing foot beats and reassigning officers from vehicles to bicycles? Read this

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Carbon Motors™ Announces Tom Ridge, Lee Hamilton to Serve on Advisory Board

Automaker Launches New Web Site for Direct Law Enforcement Input on Vehicle Design

ATLANTA, Ga.— Carbon Motors Corporation announced today that former Secretary Tom Ridge, the nation’s first secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Secur...

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