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! align="center" colspan="2" style="background:#000033" | <big><font color=white>DesignLine Eco-Smart I</font></big>
! align="center" colspan="2" style="background:#000033" | <big><font color=white><center>DesignLine Eco-Smart I</center></font></big>
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| '''Years of manufacture''' || 2007 to present
| '''Years of manufacture''' || 2007 to present
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| '''Length''' || 34 feet
| '''Length''' || 34 or 40 feet
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| '''Width''' || 96 inches
| '''Width''' || 96 or 102 inches
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The '''[[DesignLine International|DesignLine]] Eco-Smart I''' is a battery electric bus built on the [[DesignLine EcoSaver IV|Olymbus]]/[[DesignLine EcoSaver IV|EcoSaver IV]] platform. The prototype, named ''Tindo'' (after the word for sun in the indigenous language of the Kaurna people of South Australia), is operated by the Adelaide City Council and has been heavily marketed as the world's first solar electric bus. The bus is not actually equipped with any solar panels, but is recharged using a solar photovoltaic system installed at the Adelaide Central Bus Station.
The '''[[DesignLine International|DesignLine]] Eco-Smart I''' is a battery-electric bus built on the [[DesignLine EcoSaver IV|Olymbus]]/[[DesignLine EcoSaver IV|EcoSaver IV]] platform. The prototype, named ''Tindo'' (after the word for sun in the indigenous language of the Kaurna people of South Australia), is operated by the Adelaide City Council and has been heavily marketed as the world's first solar electric bus. The bus is not actually equipped with any solar panels, but is recharged using a solar photovoltaic system installed at the Adelaide Central Bus Station.


According to the Adelaide City Council, the bus is able to travel about 200 kilometres between recharges under typical urban conditions. Tindo is equipped with air-conditioning and can carry up to 40 passengers, with 25 standard seats, 2 seats especially designed for disabled passengers and room for 13 standing passengers.
According to the Adelaide City Council, the 34-foot bus is able to travel about 200 kilometres between recharges under typical urban conditions. Tindo is equipped with air-conditioning and can carry up to 40 passengers, with 25 standard seats, 2 seats especially designed for disabled passengers and room for 13 standing passengers.
 
Two similar buses, now marketed as the Eco-Smart I, were shipped to Abu Dhabi (UAE) in 2010 where they are used as luxury shuttles for a local resort.<ref>[http://www.designlinecorporation.com/TDIC-DesignLine%20Release%204-20-10.pdf DesignLine Middle East Announces Delivery of Electric Buses to Tourism Development & Investment Company], designlinecorporation.com, retrieved on 2010-07-08</ref>


Two similar buses, now marketed as the Eco-Smart I, were shipped to Abu Dhabi (UAE) in 2010 where they are used as luxury shuttles for a local resort.<ref>[http://www.designlinecorporation.com/TDIC-DesignLine%20Release%204-20-10.pdf DesignLine Middle East Announces Delivery of Electric Buses to Tourism Development & Investment Company], designlinecorporation.com, retrieved on 2010-07-08</ref> Laval, Québec purchased the first 40-foot version of the Eco-Smart and is DesignLine's first Canadian customer.


==Specifications<ref>[http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/adccwr/publications/guides_factsheets/tindo_fact_sheet.pdf Tindo Fact Sheet], adelaidecitycouncil.com, retrieved on 2010-07-08</ref>==
==Specifications<ref>[http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/adccwr/publications/guides_factsheets/tindo_fact_sheet.pdf Tindo Fact Sheet], adelaidecitycouncil.com, retrieved on 2010-07-08</ref>==
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==Operators==
==Operators==
===Abu Dhabi (UAE) [[Image:Flag of Abu Dhabi.jpg|28px]]===
===Australia [[Image:Flag of Australia.png|28px]]===
*Tourism Development & Investment Co - Sir Bani Yas Island
 
===Australia [[Image:Flag of Australia.jpg|28px]]===
*Adelaide City Council - Adelaide, SA
*Adelaide City Council - Adelaide, SA


===Canada [[Image:Flag of Canada.png|28px]]===
===Canada [[Image:Flag of Canada.png|28px]]===
*[[Société de transport de Laval]] (STL) - Laval, QC '''(on order)'''
*[[Société de transport de Laval]] (STL) - Laval, QC
*[[Société de transport de Montréal]] (STM) - Montreal, QC '''(on order)'''
 
===United Arab Emirates [[Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.png|28px]]===
*Tourism Development & Investment Co - Sir Bani Yas Island, Abu Dhabi


==Production list==
==Production list==
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|Built in New Zealand, delivered in Dec. 2007
| align="left"|Built in New Zealand, delivered in Dec. 2007.
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Tourism Development & Investment Co
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|2010
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|34-foot? 'Olymbus' body
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*Built in North Carolina, delivered in Apr. 2010
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*Platinum Edition
*Built in North Carolina, delivered in Apr. 2010.
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*Platinum Edition.
 
==Firm orders==
Below is a list of expected Tindo/Eco-Smart I deliveries.
 
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[[Société de transport de Laval]]
[[Société de transport de Laval]]
|1199
|7777
|40-foot 'Olymbus'
(1 unit)
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|2012
|1D9422EV7CC665053
|42-foot 'Olymbus' North American body
|Bosch RexRoth
|Bosch RexRoth
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*Built in North Carolina
*"Eco-Smart II" model.
*Expected delivery late 2011; delayed to late 2012.
*Built in North Carolina.
*Expected delivery late 2011; delayed to Dec. 2012.
* Originally numbered (internally) as 151212.
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|[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|28px]]
|[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|28px]]
[[Société de transport de Montréal]]
[[Société de transport de Montréal]]
|TBD
|33-601 to 33-607
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|<font color=red>NOT BUILT</font>
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|30-foot
|30-foot
|Bosch RexRoth
|Siemens
|7 units to be delivered in 2013<ref>[http://www.stm.info/English/info/comm-12/a-co120502.htm Contract awarded for mid-size electric buses:
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*Were to be delivered in 2013.<ref>[http://www.stm.info/English/info/comm-12/a-co120502.htm Contract awarded for mid-size electric buses:
  the STM moves forward with its network electrification strategy] (Press release) 2 May 2012. Retrieved on 8 May 2012.</ref>
  the STM moves forward with its network electrification strategy] (Press release) 2 May 2012. Retrieved on 8 May 2012.</ref>
*Cancelled after bancruptcy of DesignLine.
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[[Category:Transit Bus]]
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