Hello Connersville!

Posted on May 5, 2010 by William Santana Li

Hello Connersville!

The day before I was due to arrive in Connersville for the very first time (a trip scheduled to evaluate the area as a potential site for Carbon Motors to call home), our management team caught wind of a what might be brewing in this VERY American, Midwestern town. The City was said to be pulling out all of the stops to insure that they earn a top spot in the site selection process ̵...

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Should I Write a Book?

Posted on Jan 31, 2010 by William Santana Li

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 must say there are some very rich stories to tell about all the fantast...

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Shifting into High Gear

Posted on Jan 13, 2010 by William Santana Li

The letter arrived from the Department of Energy in a very non-descript, FedEx envelope. Carbon’s application for the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program was deemed “substantially complete,” bringing the hopes and dreams of 10,000 people in desperate need of jobs that much closer to reality.

As staggering as they are, sometimes numbers just aren’t enough to really drive a point home. Especially in an econ...

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Every Responsible Step

Posted on Dec 2, 2009 by William Santana Li

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 hire and ready to answer the call to p...

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The Real Deal. No Artificial Sweeteners. (revisited)

Posted on Mar 15, 2010 by William Santana Li

In the last few days I have been asked to comment on the announcements by Detroit’s legacy retail automakers regarding their so-called ‘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 uniform everyday. But inevitably, some of those efforts will fall sho...

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