Well the internet and I have come to an understanding, and so the first ever podcast of Up Your Jumper! is now online and happening!

In the first episode, I’m in Adelaide. There I had a chat with Christian Haag, CEO of Bikes SA. He spoke to me about the Adelaide City Bikes program, which is a free bike hire service. Also in Adelaide I’ll take you on a ride on the world’s first ever solar powered bus, Tindo.

A cidade australiana de Adelaide acaba de elevar seu padrão de sustentabilidade com a introdução do primeiro ônibus elétrico do mundo abastecido 100% com energia solar.

O ônibus, que oferece serviço de transporte gratuito para a população de Adelaide, foi produzido a partir de componentes de alta qualidade fornecidos por companhias de transporte e tecnologia como as gigantes MAN e Siemens. Produzido pela empresa Neo-Zelandesa Designline International, o ônibus não possui um motor a combustão, o que o torna extremamente silencioso e sem emissões.

Via Adelaide City Council

The Adelaide City Council’s new electric bus is to be recharged using 100% solar energy. The Tindo, whose name is taken from the Kaurna Aboriginal name for sun, will be used everyday on the Adelaide City Council’s free Adelaide Connector Bus service.

Tindo uses 11 Swiss-made Zebra sodium nickel chloride batteries. These batteries give Tindo a 200km range and are recharged using a unique solar photovoltaic (PV) system at the Adelaide Central Bus Station. The $550,000 solar PV system supplied by BP Solar is currently Adelaide’s largest grid-connected system, generating almost 70,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each year to offset the total energy required to recharge Tindo’s batteries.

Manufactured by Designline International, the bus can carry up to 42 passengers, with 25 standard seats, two seats especially designed for disabled passengers, and room for 15 standing passengers.

Read the Tindo fact sheet for more technical information.

Source: Adelaide City Council via The Oil Drum