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Partial cut and paste from wral.com:

A foreign automotive engineering company will create 108 jobs in Northampton County, state officials said Friday.

Lotus Engineering Inc., a United Kingdom-based automotive engineering consulting company, plans to open a research and development facility, creating 108 jobs and investing $1.5 million during the next two years.

Lotus Engineering provides a range of services to many of the world's car manufacturers and automotive suppliers, from initial concept, project design through development, to full-production prototypes.

While wages will vary by job function, the anticipated average annual wage for the new positions is $48,000 plus benefits, which is more than the Northampton County average annual salary of $24,128, not including benefits.

The company plans to open their research and development facility at the proposed Advanced Vehicle Research Center later this year.

The facility, to be located near Garysburg, is designed to provide a safe, secure, and private environment while reducing the time and cost of product research and development. The research center was an important element in Lotus’ willingness to consider operations in North Carolina.

“As a leader in advanced vehicle design and development, Lotus Engineering has the unique ability to support the ever-growing automotive industry of the southern United States, while also providing year-round vehicle testing support to the northern automotive industry,” Lotus Engineering Inc. CEO Don Graunstadt said in a press release.

“Lotus Engineering’s ability to use experience and knowledge to shape inspirational conceptual ideas into reality is a key skill. The opportunity afforded by North Carolina will accelerate our capabilities and growth. We look forward to providing a resource to the automotive industry that will assist in the development of advanced technologies.”

See also:

http://www.avrnc.com/

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Dick Rasmussen

FS 50 2018 Mustang GT

Cut to the chase. We need to figure out how to get access to this:
http://www.avrnc.com/aerial.htm

Regards,
--Ashraf

That's just a few miles off I-95 near Roanoke Rapids. And not too far from Northamption East High School, which has been one of the major participants in the Electric Vehicle Challenge over the years. Battery powered Lotuses anyone?

hmmm...I may have to check out the Jobs available.

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Marty Howard
2011 NASA SE Factory Five Challenge Champion
Track Events Logistics Coordinator - TZC/THSCC
2007 Factory Five Challenge Car.
http://www.mh-motorsports.com

I'm one up on you... I've been talking to Richard Dell at the AVRNC site for several months. Very personable man, and I asked, no jobs available ...yet. If you get a chance, read the news briefs on the AVRNC web site. If we all get jobs up there, we have Richard to thank. Some of the technology he has talked about being tested at the site is impressive.

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Rodney

'08 Bullitt mustang, CAM 7
Autox VP '09-'10, President '11-'12, interim President 2nd half of ‘14
proud recipient of the Bowie Grey service award '12
Now just a guy driving a mustang....