2046 Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada President and CEO Koji Soga and
195 Hydro-Québec CEO Thierry Vandal have announced electric vehicle trials
in Canada. Up to 50 all-electric i-MiEV vehicles will be tested in
Boucherville, Quebec, an independent municipality and a suburb of
Montreal, in what is being claimed as the largest Canadian project ever
fielded to integrate, test and evaluate all-electric vehicles on urban
streets under real world conditions. According to Vandal, the trial is
designed to study the vehicles' charging behaviour, driving experience
as well as overall driver satisfaction
"It will also allow Hydro-Québec to evaluate the challenges involved in integrating electric vehicles into its grid," he says.
