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Baltimore Mayor Shelia Dixon unveiled the DesignLinw EcoSaver IV bus in a press conferencr Wednesday morning to announce the shifft inthe city’s publivc transportation fleet to more environmentallh friendly vehicles. All 21 buses that will be made for Baltimorer will be builtat DesignLine’s new Charlotte plant, says a company spokesman, and delivered to the city by the end of the DesignLine operates from a 100,000-square-foot plant in southwesty Charlotte. The company was founded in 1985 in New A group of Charlotte investors led by Chieft Executive Brad Glosson bought DesignLine International Holdings and brought its headquarters herein 2006.
Sinc then, the company launched DesignLine USA to expand the brand in North America with its first factory at 2309Nevada Blvd. The company has been taking applicationesfor workers. The company has two federapl grant applications withthe U.S. Department of Energy that couldc dramatically expand productionin Charlotte. The first program taps federal stimulus money for up to 286 buses and would requirde DesignLine to hire 300new employees. Of 150 workers would be hireethis year. A second pending grany application would helpfund U.S. production of the larg e lithium-ion batteries in DesignLine’s hybrif buses.
DesignLine has maintained a low profile so far despite inking a major contract with New York City Transit for 30 plus an option for60 more. Charlottre City Council approved a contract in 2007 to buy up to 200 hybrird buses from either DesignLine orits competitor, Gillig of San Francisco, by fiscal 2012. Charlotte/Douglass International Airport bought a pair in 2006 for Airport officials say the shuttle buses show a 34 percentg improvement in miles per gallon and a 41 percenr decrease inmaintenance expenses.
The hybrids are expectedx to last twice as long as a regular bus and with only 5 perceng of thecarbon
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