ZENN Motor Evaluating Selling its EVs in Canada
19 June 2008
ZENN Motor Co., a Canadian manufacturer of low-speed electric vehicles (LSVs) that sells exclusively in the US, is evaluating the potential sale of its EVs in Canada in light of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation’s announcement that it has introduced a province-wide, three-year pilot project that enables LSVs in the province of Quebec.
This is a significant reversal to the previous legislative hurdles that prevented ZENN Motor Company from seriously considering sales activity in the Canadian market and as such, the next step for our company is to fully evaluate the market in the context of this new initiative. Expansion into the Quebec market will require the establishment of proper sales and service channels and we are actively assessing this to try and bring the ZENN to Quebec as soon as possible.
—Ian Clifford, CEO of ZENN Motor Company
ZENN has established an on-line waiting list at www.ZENNcars.com to allow consumers in Quebec to state their interest in purchasing a ZENN and receive future e-mail updates as expansion plans progress. Canadian pricing has not yet been determined, but ZENN says it should be comparable to the current MSRP of US$15,995.
The ZENN is currently sold exclusively throughout the US. The ZENN is road-legal in 44 out of 50 states and is used extensively in mixed-use environments.
ZENN is looking to the potential commercialization of the anticipated high power-density ceramic ultracapacitor being developed by its partner, EEStor Inc. to enable future ZENN vehicles to travel at highway speeds and extended distances.
