First: To build armored vehicles with hybrid engines, you have to have hybrid engines. Oops. The only hybrid engine that they came up with was about enough to power a small car. That was nowhere close to being enough for a big vehicle with lots of armor on it. If they had been able to develop an engine like that, it could have been retrofitted into other types of large vehicles.<\/p>\n
Second: You’ve got to have Lots-O-Employees to build those engines. Hybrid Vehicles of Danville has zero. Oops again.<\/p>\n
Third: You’ve got to have Lots-O-Money to start a business like this. Would you be surprised to know that Hybrid Vehicles of Danville got $420,000 of Free Money from the Tobacco Commission to help with the start-up costs? Guess who’s paying for that if they bankrupt out? Yep, you’re right.<\/p>\n
They promised $1.5 million in capital investment and 150 jobs in three years. That clock started in May 2012 so there’s still time on that clock… for now. I have discovered that Jim Bailey tried to get some more funding from private sources in Florida, but that has failed so far. Although I can’t confirm this directly, I have three independent sources that say the one armored hybrid vehicles that was produced and seen around Danville has been repossessed by the lien holder.<\/p>\n
The building’s empty. There are no employees. They’ve got nothing.<\/p>\n
Happy Trails, Hybrid Vehicles of Danville. You’re a Job Bust.<\/p>\n
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