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Over 7,300 people waited hours to greet Carbon Motors officials and welcome them to the community.

Connersville, IN — Executives from Carbon Motors Corporation spent an intensely dramatic and emotionally filled 24 hours in the great State of Indiana this week in a further effort to evaluate potentially locating its operations in Connersville, Indiana. Carbon Motors is a bold, new homeland security company that has developed the Carbon E7, the world’s first purpose-built law enforcement patrol vehicle. Independent projections forecast that Carbon Motors will create 10,000 new sustainable direct and indirect American jobs and will drive a $3 billion positive economic impact over ten years in the selected region.

Connersville was particularly devastated with the shuttering of their largest automotive component manufacturing plant recently, which employed approximately 4,800 residents at peak operation and has now driven a double-digit unemployment rate – in an area with a richly deep and important industrial history.

“The country needs to know what the City of Connersville accomplished on Tuesday, May 5, 2009, a day which was, by proclamation, established by Mayor Leonard E. Urban to be Carbon Motors Day. The outpouring of support from the over 7,300 citizens that received us was not only overwhelming but has made a lasting impression on all of us. From the great kids at Maplewood Elementary, to the grandparents who waited in line for hours to see us, and every generation and walk of life in between, we were truly honored to meet once again the true American spirit in all of us. Thank you Connersville, Indiana from the bottom of our hearts,” said William Santana Li, chairman and chief executive officer, Carbon Motors Corporation.

Carbon executives were provided police escort through a town that had completely re-defined and re-invigorated itself over the course of the past several months of careful planning. From yard signs posted throughout the entire town, to sold-out “Carbon Motors, Connersville Indiana” t-shirts, to impactful billboards, a strong online campaign, the boy’s choir, the marching band, and thousands of genuine handshakes and an unwavering show of support from all who participated – this week was a completely flawless, thoughtful and meaningful display of what is truly American.

Li went on to say, “Additionally, I would like to personally thank Governor Mitch Daniels for his leadership in seeking new jobs for the State of Indiana and for his enthusiasm for Carbon Motors. He took the initiative to ask the right question back in December 2008 which led to us considering Connersville, Indiana and he understands now what it would take to possibly have him in the driver’s seat with regards to our site selection decision. Come to think of it, people around that end of the track in Indianapolis know something about being in the driver’s seat and getting fast moving machines across the finish line.”

“Working together at the local, state, and federal level alongside the private sector will finally allow us as a country to fulfill our moral obligation to provide our first responders the appropriate equipment to secure our homeland against threats, both foreign and domestic, while simultaneously creating thousands of new American jobs in an environmentally responsible manner,” further commented Li.

About Carbon Motors Corporation

Carbon Motors Corporation is a bold, new homeland security company on a critical mission to design, develop, manufacture, distribute, service, and recycle at end-of-life, the world’s first purpose-built law enforcement patrol vehicle. Learn more at www.carbonmotors.com.

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