Carbon Motors Issues Open Letter
Homeland Security Company to Establish Entirety of Operations at Shuttered Facility Issues Open Letter to Local, State, and Federal Authorities
CONNERSVILLE, IN — Today, Carbon Motors Corporation, a new homeland security company, announced at a “Rally for American Jobs” that the State of Indiana, Fayette County, and the City of Connersville would be its new home. On the heels of that announcement the company issued an open letter to “Team Indiana”.
To: Governor Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.
U.S. Senator Evan Bayh
U.S. Senator Richard Lugar
U.S. Representative Michael Pence
The Indiana Congressional Delegation
The Indiana State Legislature
The Leadership and Residents of Fayette County and the City of Connersville
cc: U.S. President Barack Obama
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden
Secretary Janet Napolitano, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Secretary Steven Chu, U.S. Department of Energy
Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Department of Justice
Secretary Ray LaHood, U.S. Department of Transportation
Secretary Hilda Solis, U.S. Department of Labor
Subject: We Accept!
Dear Team Indiana,
Last December, the right question was asked. Governor Mitch Daniels wanted to know what it would take to get Carbon Motors to select the State of Indiana. I dispatched my team to go take a look but I didn’t realize at that time what was going to occur over the next several months.
In early March of this year, Mayor Leonard Urban and his team flew down to see us with same question clearly top of mind. He asked that before we make a decision, that we at least go visit Connersville, Indiana. I committed to bring the E7 and members of the Carbon Motors executive team to Connersville and give the State of Indiana a fair shot in Carbon’s site selection process. To be perfectly honest, the team and I really didn’t feel like they had what it would take to make it past the first round of cuts, but a promise is a promise.
Oh my, how we were mistaken.
Over 7,300 Hoosiers greeted us with open arms on the 5th of May 2009 at a shuttered automotive plant in Connersville. “Pure” is the only way to describe the people and their motives. They did not beg us for jobs; they proudly offered us a home and a permanent place in their community with honesty and integrity. Their support was unconditional – where we ultimately chose to locate our campus mattered not, as long as we created new American jobs and supported our nation’s law enforcement first responders. To say that we were overwhelmed by their tremendously “bold” efforts on that beautiful sunny day would be an outrageous understatement. They touched us to the core of our souls.
We met with Governor Daniels the day following the first Connersville Rally, and were told that the State of Indiana liked to move swiftly. “Government at the speed of business,” exclaimed the Governor. The team and I were cautiously optimistic. We are all firm believers in under promise and over deliver, and this type of statement did not allow any room for error. But during the process, Governor Daniels has returned every phone call and every email within minutes, and the State and local community has had nothing but a “relentless” online, offline, above and below the line approach to recruiting Carbon Motors without question.
“Pure. Bold. Relentless.” It’s the Carbon Motors mantra we hold dear amongst ourselves – and it was to our amazement to watch a whole new set of friends and supporters carry themselves exactly the way we would have done it.
On behalf of Carbon Motors Corporation and the 840,000 law enforcement first responders that secure our homeland every day, I would like to extend our sincere appreciation for your unwavering perseverance, your generosity, your patriotism, and your spirited words and thoughtful deeds. By unanimous vote of the Board of Directors, we accept your kind and gracious offer and I am pleased to announce that the State of Indiana, Fayette County, and the City of Connersville will be the new home of Carbon Motors Corporation!
Congratulations to all of us – we have re-kindled that true American spirit in a manner that will resonate across the entirety of this great country of ours. Now that Governor Daniels’ question has been asked and answered let’s get back to work. We’ve got a country to begin to re-build, together.
“Ladies and gentlemen, start your (clean diesel) engines!”
Warmest of Regards,
William Santana Li
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Carbon Motors Corporation
KEY FACTS
Carbon Motors Corporation is a bold, new homeland security company on a critical mission to design, develop, manufacture, distribute, service, and recycle, the world’s first purpose-built patrol vehicle. The Carbon E7 vehicle was recently at the U.S. Capitol for review by the U.S. Senate and subsequently at the U.S. House of Representatives.
This new homeland security technology platform will have a positive effect on every town, city, county, state, airport, college campus, border, and port of the United States of America – a social benefit nationwide. The country’s law enforcement fleet is the most visible government fleet across the nation and it must lead by example. By creating thousands of new American jobs, providing our law enforcement first responders the appropriate level of equipment, and doing so in an environmentally responsible manner, we can establish a tangible new symbol for “America is Back”. It is in the national interest of the United States from all levels of the public and private sector that the Carbon E7 be expedited to full-scale production. The opportunities the Carbon E7 vehicle represents cut across several cabinet level positions:
U.S. Department of Energy
- Energy – the nation’s law enforcement fleet consumes an estimated 1.5 billion gallons of gasoline and emits an estimated 14 million tons of CO2 annually; the Carbon E7 will cut that by up to 40% using clean diesel technology. Clean diesel is the technically correct short to medium-term solution for law enforcement operations due to its inherent performance, safety, operational, fuel efficiency, and durability characteristics.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Homeland Security – over 7 years after 9-11 our country’s 840,000 law enforcement first responders continue to utilize inconsistently outfitted retail passenger vehicles meant for consumer use which do not provide the safety and performance capabilities appropriate to secure our homeland; over 3,000 law enforcement professionals across all 50 U.S. States at the local, state, and federal level helped design the Carbon E7 to specifically address their needs in the field.
U.S. Department of Justice
- Wasteful Government Spending – unlike the U.S. Department of Defense that oversees our military operations, the country’s over 19,000 law enforcement agencies have very limited economies of scale in purchasing the equipment they need and are forced to utilize an outdated and wildly inefficient process to operate and service these vehicles in the field. Moreover, they experience unnecessarily high operating costs due to unacceptable fuel economy, poor durability, excessive service requirements, and critical safety concerns. The Carbon E7 will reduce the total life cycle costs as well as the overall taxpayer burden required to support our law enforcement operations, savings millions of dollars, and provide dramatic improvements in safety and effectiveness at the same time.
U.S. Department of Labor
- American Jobs – the over 450,000 law enforcement patrol vehicles that protect and secure our communities across America are not manufactured in the USA. The Carbon E7 will be produced in one of five U.S. States presently under consideration and is projected to create 10,000 new direct and indirect American jobs and a $3 billion positive economic impact on the selected region.
U.S. Department of Transportation
- Safety – the 75,000 new vehicles purchased by law enforcement agencies annually begin as retail passenger cars never intended for law enforcement usage and are haphazardly upfitted with a plethora of equipment installed on an aftermarket basis. These modified vehicles are never subjected to crash tests required to meet the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) – a level of safety our families enjoy but is not provided to our women and men in uniform. The Carbon E7 will not only meet or exceed all FMVSS requirements with all law enforcement equipment efficiently integrated into the vehicle from the factory, but is additionally designed to meet a 75-mph rear impact crash.
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, the world’s first purpose-built law enforcement patrol vehicle. Learn more at www.carbonmotors.com.
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