Laboratory

Interview with António Gonçalves Pereira, in E-Conversas from EcoMood Portugal

At the end of March 2021, after a year of uncertainty and delays with the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic, Barraqueiro's work team, with the precious help of ISEL and the kind collaboration of the Air Force, BA2 - CFMTFA tested the bus on the track, in Ota, accompanied by the Municipality of Alenquer.

In September 2020 the work team conducted the first test run of the retrofitted bus.

The basic idea of the i-DREAMS project was born in Portugal.

The need to create a road safety project was born with a challenge from the administration of Barraqueiro Transportes, S.A., in the search for alternative solutions in intelligent road safety systems.

After a first analysis of the data there are already very interesting conclusions!

CardioID, the Portuguese partner of the i-DREAMS project visited the simulator room in the Laboratory to test the simulator.

Responding to this challenge, Barraqueiro Transportes, S.A., in collaboration with the Municipality of Alenquer under the LVpD of Alenquer, and under the technical supervision of the Low Carbon Energy Conversion (LCEC) Laboratory of the Lisbon Higher Institute of Engineering, began the development of a pilot project to convert diesel minibuses into electric propulsion vehicles.

On April 1st 2021, the team from the Office of Engineering and Planning (GEP), installed a module that allows the monitoring of the charging of the vehicle.

In September 2020 the work team conducted the second test of the retrofitted bus, a wider tour of the ESEVEL park, Barraqueiro Group's workshops.

Barraqueiro Transportes' proposal compiles several points with the intention of promoting decarbonization, innovation and electric mobility in the municipality:
1.    Collective transport circuit, which serves the entire LVpD area of Alenquer;
2.    Replanning of the routes of public transport vehicles in the main shopping street of the downtown area;