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Low-speed electric cars will be allowed to travel on some Quebec roads as part of a pilot project to test the environmentally friendly vehicles, the government announced Tuesday.

 

Electricity fuelled vehicles will be permitted to use roads where the maximum posted speed is 50 kilometres/hour, said Quebec Transport Minister Julie Boulet.

 

The goal is to test their viability and determine new traffic rules for their use, Boulet said.

 

The project also sends a clear signal to transport companies and manufacturers that "a serious interest for this type of technology and future products now exists in Quebec," she said Wednesday in Quebec City.

 

Quebec produces two low-speed electric vehicles: the Zenn (Zero emission no noise), which has a maximum speed of 40 km/hr, and the Nemo, an electric car.

 

The Zenn is manufactured in Saint-Jérôme, the Nemo in Sainte-Thérèse, north of Montreal.

 

Quebec's road security code was amended last fall to allow the vehicles to travel on public routes.

 

The Parti Québécois, which has said it wants to see the province lead the way in using and building electric cars, said the pilot project isn't ambitious enough.

 

Leader Pauline Marois has said Quebec should be at the forefront of electric car development because of Hydro-Québec's technological capacities.

 

PQ environment critic Camil Bouchard said it's time to push electric cars towards the mainstream.

 

"My feeling, and I think the feeling of the population, is that we have to go much faster from pilot project to real production of cars, which would respond to the usual norms of circulation on highways," he said.

 

(Courtesy of CBC News)

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Feu vert (pâle) aux voitures électriques

 

Le micro camion Nemo pourra dorénavant circuler au Québec. Photo: Nemo

 

Les véhicules électriques Zenn et Nemo, tous les deux de fabrication québécoise, pourront rouler au Québec dès le 17 juillet.

 

Le ministère des Transports a annoncé aujourd’hui un projet-pilote qui autorise la circulation de ces deux véhicules électriques à basse vitesse (VBV).

 

La Zenn est notamment en vente depuis 2006, mais il était impossible de l’utiliser au Québec ailleurs qu’à Saint-Jérôme, qui jouit d’une exemption puisque la petite voiture électrique y est construite.

 

Plusieurs restrictions encadrent toutefois l’utilisation de ces BVB, notamment l’interdiction de circuler sur une voie où la limite de vitesse dépasse 50 km/h. Le petit camion Nemo et la Zenn ont une vitesse maximale de 40 km/h.

 

Les véhicules doivent également être munis d’un triangle orange, qui indique qu’il s’agit d’un VBV, ne peuvent monter les pentes de 15 % et plus (!) et leurs phares doivent toujours être allumés lorsque les véhicules sont en mouvement.

 

Les utilisateurs doivent signer une déclaration et respecter leurs obligations, stipule la documentation du ministère du Transports. Les conducteurs devront notamment fournir des données concernant les kilomètres parcourus et les accidents.

 

Ce dernier aspect rappelle en effet qu’il s’agit d’un projet-pilote visant à vérifier la viabilité de ces véhicules sur les voies publiques.

 

http://www.lesaffaires.com/article/0/transport-et-produits-industriels/2008-06-17/479281/feu-vert-petacircle-aux-voitures-eteacutelectriques.fr.html

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