Canada's largest EV project

Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada President and CEO Koji Soga and Hydro-Québec CEO Thierry Vandal have announced electric vehicle trials in Canada.
February 1, 2012 Read time: 1 min
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.

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