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Electric car jobs for Elkhart County?

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Electric car jobs for Elkhart County?

Green technology may boost employment in Northern Indiana.

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Tim Vandenack - ETRUTH - December 23, 2009

I think this has "Diamond Larry" written all over it! --Ed.

Another electric vehicle company, this one from Scandinavia, is eyeing Elkhart County as the possible site of a new manufacturing facility.

Norway-based Think is looking to build its first U.S. plant and has narrowed the search to three locations, including Elkhart County and sites in Oregon and Michigan, company officials said Tuesday. The company makes compact, two-door passenger cars and its plans here call for development of a plant next year that would initially produce 2,500 autos per year and employ 415 by 2013.

"It is really one of the first highway-ready, fully functioning electric vehicles," Think North American Chief Financial Officer Tom Kemeny told the Elkhart County Council at a special meeting Tuesday. "There is no tail pipe. There are no emissions."... [Read More]
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Re: Electric car jobs for Elkhart County?

Sorry Larry, Oregon's gonna fight hard for this one.
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Re: Electric car jobs for Elkhart County?

Hi All:

___This does look like a good deal for Larry! Has anyone seen him in a while? I PM'ed him last week with no reply?

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His daughter has been ill I believe.
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