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CARMAN GROUP BUSINESS PLAN
Mr. Mark Carman, an executive with the Village Family Service Center, Fargo, ND for over 20 years and an owner of Golf Quest International, found a potential investment opportunity concerning an electric vehicle manufacturing company in 1997. The company was known as The Trans2 Company of Livonia, MI. It was the market leader in a new classification of EV called the Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV).
Mr. Carman took the investment opportunity to a group of investors, one being Mr. Mike Hofer of Fargo, ND. Mr. Hofer acted decisively by securing the assets of the Trans2 Corporation and formed a management and sales team. Mr. Carman became the Western USA Sales Manager and moved his family to Phoenix, AZ. The name of the company was changed to Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) and was promptly moved to Fargo, ND. During the time with Global Electric Motorcars, Mr. Carman obtained much knowledge about not only the golf cart business but Alternative Fuel Vehicles. Mr. Carman became involved with many companies needing AFVs, such as Arizona Public Service (APS), ASU (Arizona State University), Luke AFB, Southwest Airlines, America West Airlines, Del Webb Builders, Dept of Energy, USMC, and also Daimler/Chrysler. In addition to the fleet customers needing electric vehicles was the discovery of thousands of “Baby Boomers” retiring into the Southwest and needing Low Speed Vehicles to move around in the gated communities they were moving to.
In 2001, GEM was sold to Daimler-Chrysler with Mr. Carman being retained to help sell vehicles in the California and Southwest Markets. After meeting the goals set up by DCX, all sales representatives were dismissed.
In 2003, The Carman Group LLC was formed. Mr. Carman discovered a great need by his contacts for other Neighborhood Electric Vehicles, and a need for infrastructure consultation such as Charging Stations and other services. As a result, The Carman Group LLC obtained marketing rights to the LSV 100 Electric Fueling Station, obtained a Club Car dealership, and formed alliances with fabricators to make specific accessories for vehicles such as the Gems and Club Cars.
The following will explain the products and services the Carman Group LLC provides to our customers.
Products
The principal products and services to be sold by the Carman Group LLC are:
• Golf Carts • Electric Vehicles (EV) • Low Speed Vehicles (LSV) (Gas and Electric) • EV Accessories • Electric Fueling Stations • Parts for Vehicles • Custom Solutions for Vehicles-Fabrication • Consulting
Electric Vehicles
The Carman Group LLC will be selling the following EV product lines along with other new lines that will be forthcoming.
• Club Car XRT Utility Vehicles - The Carman Group LLC is a Club Car XRT Dealer now. This line allows The Carman Group to sell all used lines of Club Cars, Street Legal Golf Carts, Utility Vehicles, and Parts for Club Cars.
• E-Ride Patriot Vehicle - The Carman Group LLC is currently a manufacturer’s representative for this new line of NEVS.
• Global Electric Motor Cars - The Carman Group LLC is not an authorized GEM dealer since you must be a Chrysler Dealer now to sell new Gems. We sell used Gems.
• Golf Carts and other EVs - The Carman Group LLC remanufactures golf carts and other EVs.
• Other used Vehicles sold Pathways Street-legal Club Car golf carts Ford Th!nks Melex EZ Go Taylor-Dunns Off Road custom Golf Carts John Deere Gators
• Other New EVs - There will be other opportunities to sell the new vehicles coming out since we will have the contacts and the distribution system in place to help them sell vehicles. Some of these vehicles will be coming from Asia, Mexico, and India at lesser costs.
The Carman Group has had seven years experience in analyzing the current EV marketplace. The markets that currently have and need EVs are: college campuses, military bases, airports/airlines, city/state/federal governments, hospitals, apartments, security companies, national forest departments, gated communities and many more. The two main markets The Carman Group will focus on will be Fleets and Gated Communities.
Fleets are mandated either by federal laws or by local mandates to use as many AFVs (Alternative Fuel Vehicles) as possible. Currently, we have found most large corporations already have electric golf carts in their fleet and realize they will have to purchase replacement vehicles each year. They are looking for reliable inexpensive vehicles to do the job. Our remanufactured vehicles with a 2-year warranty will do that very nicely. In addition, we have the fast-charging infrastructure that will increase the life of the batteries and vehicles.
Some of our current fleet customers are: APS, ASU, Southwest Airlines, America West Airlines, Motorola, Luke AFB, San Diego Police Dept., US Marines, US Navy, St. Regis Monarch Hotel, Chapman University, UCLA, ETEC, DOE, Daimler-Chrysler, Bechtel, Palo Verde Nuclear Plant, Sun-Cor Development Company, Chapman University, Marine Corp San Diego, Navy San Diego CA., and Sun City Residents.
The Carman Group LLC projects the majority of sales will be from the Sunbelt and new retirement market regions. These regions include Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Mexico and the other coastal areas of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. In addition, a fair amount of sales will come from overseas.
Gated Community Strategy - The Carman Group LLC template for gated community sales will be done in the Phoenix/Scottsdale AZ area. Currently, over 10,000 families move into the Phoenix area each month. Many of these people are retirees that will end up in the Sun City type of retirement communities. A golf cart is almost a requirement for mobility issues. Most developments allow private golf carts to be used on the golf course also. In addition, most encourage the use of electric vehicles for the short commutes.
We believe a centrally located Distribution Center should be in the Tempe, AZ area. Here we would have a large showroom and inventory of vehicles, but would also assemble vehicles and put the accessories on. Tempe is very centrally located and would be an excellent location to service the large fleet customers also. In addition to the distribution center we would have approximately 4 retail stores near the largest growing housing developments. This would insure one-on-one relationships with the new residents moving in. In addition, parts would be sold out of these sites. People buy from people.
Fleet Sales - Fleet sales would be done out of the distribution center. In addition, most parts sales would be done there if the service could not be done on site. Fleet sales will be huge since Phoenix has many large corporations, military installations, defense contractors, universities, state, city, and federal installations. We would be part of the State Bid Process for Vehicles (Sporas) and also be part of the GSA Bid process.
Franchises - The Carman Group constantly receives inquiries on opening franchises all around the USA. We believe the template of our shop/store could be replicated all around the Southern Belt States. We would be the re-manufacturer of Nevs/Golf Carts and parts to supply these stores.
The Carman Group receives many calls per day asking for vehicles, and parts for the vehicles. We are happy to announce we have opened our first retail store in Fountain Hills, AZ. The response has been fantastic. We are doing more parts business than we expected. In addition, sales of the vehicles are also doing very well as the word gets out we are here. We will forward a revenue projection upon request.
This is a brief summary of what The Carman Group is doing and what could happen.
One of the attributes of The Carman Group has been availability of vehicles. The Hawk-eye group has enabled us to have vehicles in stock and to be able to deliver immediately to the customer. That added value is very important and will help us get and retain customers. I believe our partnership could change the way people commute and use fossil fuels. Our customers only need to plug their vehicles in the wall to have enough clean fuel on board to do their daily trips. Certainly, cold starts will be reduced which is the most polluting feature of the current (ICE) internal combustion engine.
Currently, there are federal tax credits for those that will use AFVs. We may be able to receive special credits for remanufacturing vehicles and for helping the environment. In addition, our vehicles will help us reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
We would welcome your investment into our business. We believe substantial income will be made by following this business plan. If you have any questions please give me a call at 480.319.5144.
Mark Carman
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History of The Carman Group LLC
The Carman Group, P.O. Box 4276, Scottsdale, AZ 85261
Phone 480.319.5144 Fax 480.636.1425 carmangroup@aol.com
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