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Tag: E7 Patrol Vehicle
Vehicle Ops
Carbon Motors Shuts Down
A year after the Obama administration denied Carbon Motors a loan to produce its specialty patrol car, the company has shut down the program and left its Indiana facility.
May 1, 2013
Vehicle Ops
Carbon Motors Denied Federal Loan
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) won't provide $310 million in loans to Carbon Motors to produce the purpose-built E7 patrol car. The company is "actively examining its strategic and financing alternatives."
March 7, 2012
Vehicle Ops
Carbon Motors Appeals To Obama Administration for Loan
More than two years after submitting a federal loan application to build its concept police cruiser, Carbon Motors has asked President Obama's cabinet to help move the stalled project.
December 19, 2011
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Bosch and Inteva To Develop Electrical Architecture and Cockpit of Carbon's E7
Bosch will lead the development of the electrical architecture for the Carbon E7 including integrating emergency lights, communications equipment, WMD threat detection capabilities, automatic license plate recognition systems, radar, and sirens.
June 21, 2010
Vehicle Ops
Manufacturers Debut Next Generation of Police Cars
Increased comfort and convenience, improved vehicle ingress and egress, advanced technology, and improved officer safety mark the next generation of police cars.
June 14, 2010
Vehicle Ops
Carbon Motors E7 Patrol Car
Firefighters, the military, paramedics, even postal carriers, drive vehicles built for their jobs. The Carbon Motors' E7 would give law enforcement officers such a vehicle. Time will tell whether it becomes the "patrol car of the future." But here's a closer look at its purpose-built (mostly interior) features that have made an impression with officers.
June 7, 2010
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Carbon Motors Reports 14,000 Reservations for E7 Patrol Car
Carbon Motors announced in its "Carbon Chronicle" newsletter that the reservations "were made by over 400 law enforcement agencies in 48 U.S. states, representing each functional area of law enforcement."
June 6, 2010
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BMW Will Supply Diesel Engines For Carbon Motors' E7 Patrol Car
The BMW Group will supply 240,000 clean-diesel engines to Carbon Motors Corp. for the E7 patrol car under a partnership announced Monday in Washington D.C.
March 21, 2010
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Carbon Motors Gets Tentative Approval On Federal Loan
Carbon Motors Corp. has been officially advised by the U.S. Department of Energy that its application has been deemed "substantially complete," which clears the first major hurdle in the process of obtaining a $310 million loan, the company has announced.
January 21, 2010
Vehicle Ops
Carbon Motors' E7 Arrives In D.C.
Carbon Motors was invited to spend a few days at the U.S. Capitol with federal legislators. The company is seeking a $310 million federal loan to help finance the development of the E7 patrol car that's set for 2012 production.
December 17, 2009
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Carbon Motors Raises $100 Million To Open First Factory
Carbon Motors Corp. has announced it has secured $100 million in private financing that will allow it to open its first factory in Connorsville, Ind., to build its E7 patrol car.
November 24, 2009
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Snap-on Tools Will Help Carbon Motors Develop Service Plan For E7
Snap-on Tools will help Carbon Motors develop service strategies for the first-ever purpose-built law enforcement patrol vehicle, the company has announced.
November 11, 2009
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