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Connersville Automotive History: Lexington Motor Company

Jan 14, 2010

This is the second blog in our series discussing the rich automotive past of Connersville, Indiana - an historical foundation upon which Carbon Motors intends to build the campus where the world's first purpose-built law enforcement patrol vehicle will be built. In our first edition, we discussed Auburn Motor Company. If you missed it when we originally posted it, "...

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Shifting into High Gear

Jan 13, 2010

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...

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Connersville’s Automotive History: Auburn Motor Company

Jan 8, 2010

As you may recall, I indicated on New Year's Eve that I wanted to share with you a series of stories surrounding the rich automotive history here in Connersville. This is the first in that series and we'll begin with a company that grew out of a 19th century carriage maker. The company was named after the community in which two innovative automakers and brothers, F...

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Clean Diesel Vehicle Selected as Green Car of the Year (again)

Jan 6, 2010

At the December 3rd Los Angeles Auto Show the Audi A3 TDI with its “clean diesel” engine won the 2010 Green Car of the Year award against a field of fuel efficient vehicles that include hybrid and alternative fuel powertrains from virtually every automotive company. This marks the second year in a row where a clean diesel powertrain has taken the top prize (last year wa...

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Connersville’s Automotive History

Dec 31, 2009

During our initial visits to Connersville, a certain billboard caught our eye. It read, “Carbon Motors: Our automotive history. Your automotive future.” It is clear that the community has deep roots in the automotive industry. Some of the biggest and most recognizable vehicle names have come out of Connersville, which used to be known as “Little Detroit” (soon to be kno...

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