{"id":13726,"date":"2021-04-25T18:43:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T16:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?p=13726"},"modified":"2021-04-27T13:53:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T11:53:13","slug":"vejo-projektai-dancer-bus-klaipeda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/electric-bus\/vejo-projektai-dancer-bus-klaipeda\/","title":{"rendered":"120,000 km travelled so far by Dancer e-buses (V\u0117jo projektai)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One year after the launch, the consortium V\u0117jo projektai<\/strong>, producer of Lithuanian-made Dancer<\/a> electric bus highlights that the two first buses<\/strong> have been running for over 120,000 km. The vehicle is in operation under the livery of the operator Klaip\u0117dos autobus\u0173 parkas<\/strong>, in the city of Klaipeda in Lithuania (a small country in North-East Europe).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first generation of Dancer bus received EU-wide certificate for passenger transportation in 2019, the producer points out.<\/strong> The launch of Dancer follows a test of composite materials<\/strong> applied to an old Skoda trolleybus, that has been converted to fully electric battery-based operation in Dancer\u2019s labs. After this, the concept electric bus was created through the use of composite materials, also derived from recycled PET bottle plastic<\/strong>. The vehicle, 12 meters long, is equipped with in-wheel motors (the ZF AxTrax delivering a total of 250 kW<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One year in operation for Dancer electric bus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The total mileage of Dancer electric city buses developed and manufactured by the company V\u0117jo projektai<\/strong>, during the last 12 months amounted to more than 120 thousand kilometers, the manufacturer says. The average length of one route currently served is more than 22 kilometers, and each bus makes between 7 and 13 trips per day, depending on the day of the week and schedule. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average energy consumption of a Dancer bus is 0.72 kWh per kilometer driven.<\/p>Vaidas Ramanauskas<\/strong>, General Director of JSC Klaip\u0117dos autobus\u0173 parkas<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Weather has been varying between +32 degrees in June and the cold of -20 degrees in January. Under these conditions, \u00abthe buses served regular public transport routes for 290 kilometers per day without any interruptions\u00bb. Based on data from the last 12 months, the availability of both buses is 95.78%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electric buses in Klaip\u0117da, Lithuania<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to Alvydas Nauj\u0117kas<\/strong>, General Director of JSC V\u0117jo projektai, \u201cOne of the most powerful 500 kW pantographs on the market ensures extremely fast battery charging, and the Dancer bus, which is recharged periodically during drivers’ breaks at the final station, can continuously serve regular routes in Klaipeda. We are proud, that the first buses manufactured by us work in Klaipeda and by serving routes meet the expectations of public transport operator \u201cKlaip\u0117dos autobus\u0173 parkas\u201c, which has the highest standards of schedule compliance in Europe. According to last year’s data, we can see that one bus can route more than 300 kilometers a day on the streets of the Lithuanian port city, and if it is necessary to service night routes during the summer season, \u201cDancer\u201d buses can be operated even around the clock”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n