Sustainable bikes, aviation and public transportation

Even a train can have an EPD

In a move that you wouldn’t necessarily expect Greenlister Thinkstep has joined forces with Downer, to publish the first Environmental Product Declaration or EPD for a train in Australasia. The effort involved assessing the environmental impacts of all 150,000 parts and 550 tones of materials that make up the train, over its full 30-year life cycle? You can find out more in the webinar, here.

Electrifying vintage cars

If your budget doesn’t extend to a fabulous sustainable holiday or the new electric Porsche Taycan – which could set you back between US$86,000 to US$104,000 – you could hop aboard the overseas craze for electrifying an auto classic with some of these Australian suppliers.  They can drive your much loved vintage car into the ecological future (and save you big dollars on fuel).

And it doesn’t stop with personal transportation – SEA Electric are quietly converting commercial trucks and vans to 100 per cent electric. Buyers can also swap their batteries back to the supplier where they can be re-deploy in large scale storage farms to be used for years to come.

If you’re curious, you can calculate the potential savings in swapping to an electric vehicle using this calculator from The Electric Vehicle Council.

Harbour Air and magniX expect to conduct first flight tests of the all-electric aircraft later in the year.

“World’s first” all electric fleet

They’re teaming up with residential developers to install electric bike docking bays in new and existing apartment blocks. 

The idea is to deliver more transport and exercise options to the residents’ doorstep, where they can use the same ID card or NFC technology that accesses the building to check out the bikes.

There are options to have the bikes free to residents, available on a monthly subscription, or with a use based payment.

Rent an eco rover

If car rental is more your scene, then keep an eye on newcomer Jaunt. They’re crowdfunding to fully electrify an entire fleet of elderly Land Rovers so you can traverse the Aussie countryside with a smaller carbon footprint. 

Jaunt’s electric off road rentals