BRASELTON — The town of Braselton just got one step closer to bringing a Carbon Motors manufacturing plant to the state, according to a news release Wednesday from the car company.

Carbon Motors, an Atlanta-based car company, originally had five states in mind for manufacturing its state-of-the-art law enforcement vehicle — Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia — but whittled the list down to Georgia, Indiana and South Carolina.

Tim Evans, vice president of economic development for the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce, said Hall County is excited about remaining in the running for the final manufacturing site.

"We’re thrilled to be right in there at to be Georgia’s premiere site," he said about the site, which lies in the part of Braselton that falls in Hall County. "It’s an exciting project for sure, and we’re just excited that Hall County is being considered."

Locating the manufacturing campus in Braselton would bring a much-needed economic boost to the area. Carbon Motors estimates that "10,000 new direct and indirect American jobs (are) at stake with a $3 billion positive economic impact on the selected region over the next 10 years," the release notes.

"The jobs would just be wonderful, wouldn’t they?" Evans said. "The investment would be great as well, but we could use the jobs. I’m sure everyone would agree to that."

The car company has already received more than 10,000 orders for the Carbon E7, a sleek, black-and-white car espousing the creed "To protect and to serve," on its exterior.

The car is designed specifically for law enforcement agencies and boasts several impressive gadgets, including voice control, night-vision cameras, radiation-detecting air ducts, an automatic license plate recognition system and the capability to reach a top speed of 155 mph.

During a showcase earlier this year at Chateau Elan, Carbon Motors CEO William Santana Li said several factors led to Braselton being named a possible candidate. Easy access to key automotive suppliers, the town’s proximity to Atlanta and support from the community and local political leaders all played a part, he said.

The company plans to announce the final decision for the site sometime this summer, perhaps as early as the end of July, the release notes.

"We are honored and tremendously appreciative to have such great choices on where to produce the world’s first purpose-built law enforcement patrol vehicle for our nation’s law enforcement first responders," Li said in the release. "Although there has been a great deal of focus on which state will be our home, we must remember that it is ‘country first.’ The United States of America has a national security interest in seeing that this vehicle get into production as quickly as possible."