Oh oh!He's about to
BARK!
Paul Cezanne
"Don't find fault, find a remedy."Henry Ford
"Anyone who stops learning is old,whether at twenty or eighty.
Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. "
Henry Ford
A Korean company has decided to build electric cars
right here on Oahu!
How will I EVER tell Walking Man?!
CT&T's Hawaii manufacturing plant
could generate 400 jobs
Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
A South Korean carmaker plans to build a $200 million all-electric car assembly plant at an as-yet-undisclosed location in Hawaii in a move that could generate up to 400 jobs.
Seoul-based CT&T, an international electric car manufacturer, has signed a deal with the state to build a three-acre plant and educational center on Oahu.
The manufacturing facility, estimated to cost up to $50 million, will be able to build 10,000 cars annually. The manufacturer is considering four sites on the island and expects construction to begin within 18 to 24 months.
In the meantime, the company will start to import a fleet of electric vehicles fully assembled for sale. “In addition to the jobs we’ll provide, there may be as many as 1,000 jobs from the ripple effect of our factory being built here,” said Joe White, chief operating officer of CT&T USA. “The state is poised for the type of vehicles we produce.”
Hawaii’s lower speed limits fit perfectly with CT&T’s cars, he said.
Its two-seat C-Zone model sells for between $8,000 and $13,000, while the E-Zone model costs between $12,000 and $20,000.
The agreement is in line with the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative, which aims to have 70 percent of the state’s energy generated from clean sources by 2030. Established in 2002, CT&T manufactures electric, hybrid and fuel-cell vehicles.
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find a remedy - lovely said.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. Cloudia why don't you join twitter. Those quotes will be helpful to others too. Think about it.
"Anyone who stops learning is old,
ReplyDeletewhether at twenty or eighty.
Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."
I fully agree with this!
Beautiful Cloudia! The quotes and the pics!!
ReplyDeleteHi Cloudia how r u good post i read your blog after log time i m bussy in these days with my job pls mail me .
ReplyDeleteyou are very very good in blog writing.
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Dinesh Chandra
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I quite like this quote you posted by Henry Ford. You are never too old to learn very true. Aloha tQ.
ReplyDeletenice quotes. pretty cool about the cars...i hope you have a lovely day!
ReplyDeleteThere is a difference between building cars and assembling them. The building of them will be done in their joint venture plant in China and the assembly will be done in HA. This is simply to get around some import tariffs on completed vehicles coming into the US market.
ReplyDeleteAfter looking at the car, it doesn't look to bad, 75 miles on a charge with a top speed of about 60 MPH. Priced a lot cheaper than a Volt but then the Volt is not evolved golf cart technology.
But as a Detroiter, *shrug* we don't make much of anything here anymore. Most of those jobs wound up somewhere else decades ago. We are going back to an agrarian based culture here locally.
We like old Hank said don't stop learning we adapt.
Beautiful and lovely shots !!I really loved the post !!Aloha from India !!Unseen Rajasthan
ReplyDeleteIt is really a good idea and move to build electric cars on an island such as Hawaii.
ReplyDeleteAnd Cloudia, the quotes and the pictures are beautiful. Thank you.
I have to go along with Henry Ford. That is so true.
ReplyDeletedon't dare jump into water at the yacht harbor until they give the all clear.
ReplyDeleteDetroit should be bulldozed and given back to the French and Indians.
ReplyDeleteLove the first Ford quote!
ReplyDeleteFab post, darling!
xoxox,
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Henry Ford is a thoughtful man indeed.
ReplyDeleteLove Henry Ford's quote.
ReplyDeleteElectric cars - the next big thing eh?
The quotes today were sublime. The electric cars sound fun.
ReplyDeletewow, that sounds amazing, soon hawaii will be full of affordable electric cars! and also i feel like successful taxi driving often lends itself to the first henry ford quote-never find fault always a solution: as there is no time to dwell on what's wrong, but only how to fix it. this makes sense as i kind of see taxi driving as capitalism in its purist state, well, until you break it down and realize that many others make money off the industry without doing much work.
ReplyDeletewell, it seems like a great idea on an island.
ReplyDeleteHi Cloudia,
ReplyDeleteI know I am not old because I have just started a brand new purely poetry blog. You might like some of the poems I am posting. If you have the time and inclination, come and have a look.
The link is on Friko's Musings.
Aloha, dear friend.
Very GREAT comments, thanks.
ReplyDeleteAnd leave it to Walking Man to note the important aspects of this deal...Yes, an island is perfect for electric cars. Now I hear that hydrogen cars are coming here.
As a former taxi driver, I enjoyed the taxi reflections above. Don't forget to get my book "Aloha Where You Like Go?" at Amazon.com :)
Nice to see that at least Hawaii's actually trying to DO something about the energy problem.
ReplyDelete"Seoul-based CT&T, an international electric car manufacturer,
ReplyDeletecould generate 400 jobs"
LOVE IT!!!! GENERATE 400 jobs! ar ar
Good stuff! Aloha!
John
Amazing Cloudia, the quotes and the pics as well!
ReplyDeleteYou drove a Taxi?
ReplyDeleteTake me to the airport..FAST!!
young at heart,
ReplyDeleteold if dull...
perfect quotes,
enjoy a beautiful day!
Ohh my god..great photos :Pp
ReplyDeleteCool girl :S
hıı (?) :DDD
That is encouraging news, to be sure. Wow, Cloudia. That gives me hope. The Cezanne quote has me thinking.
ReplyDeleteCoolness
ReplyDeleteKg
Yeaahh cool yankeess...
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All your quotes are great and I love this post. So interesting about the electric car in Hawaii and I am glad that people will benefit from those jobs.
ReplyDeleteWhen can I buy one?
ReplyDeleteOh that flower is stunning.. and very cool about the cars.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! Love the Henry Ford quote and so true! Imagine if everyone who drove a big truck or SUV would switch to an electric car! Ahoha!
ReplyDeletecool post...damn cute. always love your shots.
ReplyDeleteI think that red flower is so cool!
ReplyDeleteI'm sad "LOST" is almost over, n will miss the last show due to work!
Do folks there hop islands to commute to work? if there were 400 jobs here, 5000 folks would apply! Thats how many need work!
Lovr ther Henry Ford qoutes!
Thanks!
Good Luck!
Aloha!
There are many Web sites that talk about the phenomenon and show you how to do it, where to get parts, etc.
ReplyDeleteBuild electric car