On June 8, the first Lviv trolleybus “Electron” with autonomous running passed through the streets of Lviv in a test mode. If everything goes according to plan, it will replenish the Lviv electric transport fleet in early July, the Lviv City Council said .

This trolleybus was equipped with an additional battery, it became 750 kg heavier and lost 3 seats for passengers. However, thanks to such an upgrade, drive 20 km autonomously, and only a 3-hour recharging is required to “recover strength”.

During the test drive, the trolleybus, together with the technical workers of LKP “Lvivelectrotrans”, made a flight from the territory of the plant to the street. Sakharov. And then – on the street. Vitovsky – pl. Franco – st. Stryiska – in the shopping center King Cross Leopolis. In the opposite direction, the “horned” went to the old tram depot on the street. Gorodotsky.

Ahead is additional certification, which is planned to be held after June 20. Only after that the trolleybus will be handed over to the city.

As Tvoemisto.tv notes , Lvivelectrotrans plans to take a loan of 32 million euros from the International Finance Corporation and the Clean Technologies Fund to purchase 100 autonomous trolleybuses, 50 electric buses and expand the contact network.

The city expected to receive trolleybuses by June 2023 – they will run in remote areas of the city where there is no contact network.

The transition to self-driving trolleybuses is definitely a positive trend. Let’s hope that other Ukrainian cities will soon follow this path as well.

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