Once the pilot project is launched to the public, the entire pilot lane route for ELA is treated as a live research and testing environment for the duration of the project. Even when ELA is not on the road and is charging in storage at night, there is data being collected with the surrounding traffic flow and lane maintenance that will be happening (ensuring it is free of debris, etc.).
More importantly, even though ELA’s shuttle service for public riders operates five days a week, during the two days she is not taking public riders, she could be on her route being recalibrated and conducting tests based on the data collected from the previous week.