Environmental Performance Vehicles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Environmental Performance Vehicles (EPV), previously DesignLine Corporation, is a manufacturer of coach, electric and range-extended electric (hybrid) buses. It was founded in Ashburton, New Zealand in 1985. Initially it was a manufacturer of tour coaches. In the 1990s it diversified into conventional transit buses and then added hybrid city buses in the late 1990s. It was acquired by American interests in 2006, and DesignLine Corporation's headquarters was relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina. Following a bankruptcy in 2013, the assets of DesignLine were sold and the company was renamed.
![]() | This article needs to be updated. (February 2022) |
![]() | |
Company type | Private |
---|---|
Industry | Bus manufacturing |
Founded |
|
Founders |
|
Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | North America |
Owner | Wonderland Investment Group |
EPV is no longer affiliated with the DesignLine operations in New Zealand, which was placed in liquidation in 2011[1] and then sold to a Malaysian-controlled joint business venture who operate it under the name DesignLine Bus Pacific,[2] which was renamed Global Bus Ventures (NZ) on 30 May 2016.[3]