{"id":16311,"date":"2021-06-05T05:18:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T02:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ikrautas.lt\/an-electric-car-trip-to-spain-interview-with-dainius-jakas\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T17:01:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T14:01:44","slug":"an-electric-car-trip-to-spain-interview-with-dainius-jakas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ikrautas.lt\/en\/an-electric-car-trip-to-spain-interview-with-dainius-jakas\/","title":{"rendered":"An electric car trip to Spain. 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Interview with Dainius Jakas <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25a331f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25a331f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Travelling by electric car still sounds like a very complicated and frustrating process for many people, and many people still don&#8217;t take the plunge. However, I had the honour of interviewing Dainius Jakas, an electric car enthusiast, founder of the Facebook group and online news blog &#8220;100 Percent Electric&#8221;. He experienced first-hand what it&#8217;s like to drive the Lithuania-Spain-Lithuania section in an electric car.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6dfe95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a6dfe95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e479b6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"e479b6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=HWsId1PULBQ&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f416de7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f416de7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75eaa21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75eaa21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>3 thousand. kilometres, which is roughly the distance between Lithuania and Spain. According to Google Maps, it would take around 30 hours to reach the destination by car (not including any stops). If you were driving a fuel-powered car, you would need to factor in one extra night&#8217;s stay and around 4-5 stops to refuel, rest and eat. Roughly speaking, it would take around two days to taste the tapas and sangria.<br><br><\/p><p>And what are the challenges of travelling with your family on electric transport? How many times would you have to stop to refuel? In general, is the infrastructure for EV travel already sufficiently developed in Europe? All this and more in the video. 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