FEBRUARY 2007: DISPATCHES
ASHLAND
Brammo Motorsports is looking ahead to its fifth year of
operations and the completion of a new facility this fall.
Brammo founder Craig Bramscher says the new 47,000-square-foot
facility, costing about $80-$90 a square foot to build, would
allow the company to hire an additional 50-75 employees within
the next year. Brammo currently employs 60 workers. The
company’s main product, the British-designed Ariel Atom
minimalist vehicle, is known as “the motorcycle of
vehicles” and costs anywhere from $40,000 to $92,000.
Brammo produces about 200 of the vehicles — which can go
from zero to 60 miles per hour in less than three seconds
— per year. According to Bramscher, the company is also
working on some eco-friendly vehicles and hopes to begin work
on an electric car soon after the new building is complete.
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