Boulder Electric Vehicles.

• Position: ELECTRIC MACHINERY, SOUND EQUIPMENT AND TV PARTS

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Carter Brown melded his previous entrepreneurial forays in composite materials and laser shows when he launched Boulder Electric Vehicles in 2009. His inspiration? A 1963 Mercury Monterey he converted to electric for his own personal use.

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"I knew if I could get something that heavy to move with electric power, there was a lot of potential," says Brown, now the company's CEO.

The resulting business plan targeted the fleet market with all-electric heavy trucks as well as 12- and 22-passenger shuttles.

"We're ramping up the first automotive tooling lines in the history of Colorado," Brown says, touting the company's 60,000-square-foot plant in Lafayette. Boulder Electric Vehicles are not only efficient - fuel costs are...