Jaunt upcycles iconic four wheel drives into electric cars for adventure.

Australia has one of the lowest adoption rates of electric vehicles in the world, and one of the highest transport emissions per capita. Cars built for adventure dominate our culture and car sales, but this desire to explore can be a catalyst to transform Australia’s transport industry into something with a positive environmental and social impact.

Bendigo Tech School has partnered with Jaunt in this community enterprise in which Bendigo girls will convert a classic 3-door Range Rover to electric operation. This project has been generously sponsored by Kirkland Lake Gold through their Community Partnership Program (CPP).

In this NGV Melbourne Design Week talk and factory tour, hear how we design and build a vehicle that challenges automotive conventions.

Ticket price includes a light lunch and meet and greet.

Enclosed footwear and sensible clothing required for factory workshop environment.

About the speakers

Dave Budge, CEO, Jaunt Motors

Dave is the co-founder and CEO of Melbourne start-up Jaunt. With two decades of experience leading digital agencies, Dave has worked with some of the world’s largest organisations, most recently as the Head of Innovation at Isobar Australia. Essentially, he’s tried to combine emerging technology with beautiful design and meaningful storytelling to build products and services people love.

Graeme Wiggins, Director, Bendigo Tech School

Graeme is an innovation thought leader who creates active learning communities aligned with technology, enterprise and entrepreneurship. As Director of Bendigo Tech School, Graeme’s current focus is co-designing exciting STEAM learning programs in partnership with industry, schools and community.