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E7 - Cruiser of the Future
Exactly Why the Carbon 'E7' is the Best Solution for Law Enforcement
The Protector, Journal of the Police and Firemen’s Insurance Association, just released their Summer 2010 edition. Carbon Motors Corporation is featured as the cover story and Alicia Fire explores the many reasons that the Carbon ‘E7’ will turn the manufacturing (and law enforcement) industry “on its ear.”
Read the entire article in the PDF below.
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Carbon Motors Recruits Two Additional World-Class Suppliers
Bosch and Inteva join a growing team of world-class partners and suppliers to Carbon Motors
CONNERSVILLE, Ind. — Carbon Motors Corporation announced today that it will team up with Bosch Engineering and Inteva Products, LLC, to develop the electrical architecture and cockpit of the Carbon E7: the world’s first and only purpose-built law enforcement patrol vehicle – designed by law enforcement, exclusively for law enforcement.
Bosch Engineering, with offices in Farmington Hills, Mich., will lead the development of the electrical architecture for the Carbon E7 including integrating ke...
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Putting Perfume on a Pig
An Officer's Blog with a Sobering Reminder
Carbon Motors is truly THE world’s first purpose-built law enforcement patrol vehicle – designed by law enforcement, exclusively for law enforcement. And the law enforcement community recognizes this fact.
In a no-nonsense, tell it like it is blog on Officer.com, Mr. Donahue gives his eloquent point of view and pulls no punches doing so. His insight as both an officer and a multi-generational product of the automotive industry (he and his father both worked for one of the Detroi...
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Police Power
Carbon Motors Featured in Roundel Magazine
In the June edition of Roundel magazine, Carbon Motors receives recognition as “the first to seriously develop a vehicle specifically for the law enforcement community.” Roundel is the magazine of the BMW Car Club of America, a not for profit corporation located in Greenville, SC, that is dedicated to promoting camaraderie and encourage social awareness and responsibility within the BMW community.
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Carbon Motors Receives Top Honor
Carbon Motors Named One of the Top 10 Deals of 2009 by Site Selection Magazine
In the cover story of Site Selection magazine’s May edition, Carbon Motors Corporation was named one of the Top Deals of 2009 in North America. Among the thousands of deals consummated globally each year, Carbon Motors, the City of Connersville, Fayette County and the State of Indiana are all honored to have been selected for such prestigious recognition.
Read the full story here.
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Any Police Cars You See May Be Used Against You
The New York Times Sees Carbon Motors as the "Dark Horse"
When the last in a long line of an outdated, re-purposed taxicabs rolls off the Canadian assembly line, many police officers will be elated by what’s in store for them. The New York Times examines three other family sedans being offered for use by police, and one vehicle built from the ground-up exclusively for law enforcement. As the only true all-inclusive, purpose-built law enforcement vehicle, we think you’ll agree that Carbon Motors is the clear winner!
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New Police Car - Hot Pursuit
Carbon Motors featured in Automobile Magazine
After more than a decade as the police car of choice, the Ford Crown Victoria is getting ready to turn in its badge. Who will be its replacement? Automobile Magazine highlights the American built Carbon E7 and its phenomenal engine and fuel economy.
Read the Automobile Magazine article here.
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Carbon Motors' E7 Brings LEDs, Aluminum Frame, Diesel Engine to Police Force
Design News Highlights Veteran Team of Engineers on a High-Tech and Green Mission
Design News is the leading technical resource for design engineers, who create everything from planes, trains and automobiles to cellular phones, medical devices and, well, just about every other product on the planet. In particular, they are interested in the specific trade-offs and issues that are inherent in the adoption of new technology in a design effort and how other engineers manage those trade-offs.
Carbon Motors and its E7 are a natural fit and point of interest for readers of Desi...
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Carbon Motors Completes Campus Plans
Homeland Security Company Plans Green Overhaul of Idled Auto Plant
CONNERSVILLE, Ind. — Carbon Motors Corporation announced today that it has completed the conceptual plans for the Carbon Campus at One Carbon Motors Drive in Connersville, Indiana. The plans call for a state of the art conversion of the 50+ year-old, inefficient and mothballed brownfield site into a modern, 21st century, efficient and LEED-certified facility.
Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) is an internationally recognized green building certification system, providing...
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Carbon Motors Cop Car is Crammed with Technology
The Indianapolis Business Journal Spends the Day with Carbon Motors
In one of the more in-depth looks at all of the technologies behind Carbon’s E7, Norm Heikens and Mason King of the Indianapolis Business Journal share their insights and break it down for those not yet “in the know”. Play the video here…
…and read an annotated view of the car’s features below!
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