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April 2011:BELLE Capital LP Leads Series A Investment in Current Motor Company
April 2011: BELLE Capital Pulls The Trigger; Invests Up To $500,000 In Electric Motorcycle Startup Current Motor
November 8, 2010 — Current Motor Co. now accepting orders for highway-capable electric scooters
November 2010 — CMC scooters and the rise of electric vehicles
October 2010 — Three-time Olympian Sheila Taormina rides a Current Motor Company Scooter
September 28, 2010 — Electric Vehicles, A2 style: Current Motor Co. exits stealth mode from the Ann Arbor Observer
July 28, 2010 — Electrified: A Q&A with the Founders of Current Motors
July 23, 2010 — Maker Faire Detroit: Current electric motor scooters interview
April 26, 2010 — Scooter maker eager to charge into market
By Tom Henderson, Crain’s Detroit Business
Current Motor Co. is one of the few First Step applicants that has progressed past the virtual stage. It buys scooter frames and lithium-iron-phosphate batteries from Chinese suppliers and assembles them and other components into scooters in a warehouse west of Ann Arbor.
January 22, 2010 — Electric motorcycle firm Current Motor Co. wins startup business competition by Nathan Bomey
November 19, 2009 — Current Motor Company Awarded Ann Arbor SPARK’S Best of Boot Camp
November 13, 2009 — Tinkering Makes Comeback Amid Crisis by Justin Lahart, Wall Street Journal
October 8, 2009 — Ann Arbor’s Current Motor Co. delivers first electric scooters
July 23, 2009 — Current Motors expands in Scio as electric scooter sales start by mid-August by Ronald Ahrens
Press Inquiries
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Erik Kauppi
John Harding
Terry Richards
January 2011:Current Motor Early Adopters Improve Electric Vehicle Quality, Design, Manufacturing
January 2011: Current Motor Company adds EV pioneer Bob Lutz and VC guru Lauren Flanagan to leadership team
October 2010: Current Motor’s scooters whoosh into production
June 2010: Current revs for 2010 Cleantech Open competiton
PRESS INFORMATION
Profiles on Current Motor Company staff
CMC founder John Harding wants to electrify your ride
Meet CMC founder and chief engineer Erik Kauppi
Meet product development guru Terry Richards
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Contact Lauren Flanagan
lauren [at] currentmotor.com
