I have read up on the ZENN, it is actually manufactured in France as a gasoline vehicle.  The vehicles chassis are brought here to be retrofitted with an electric motor and 6 to 8 lead-acid batteries at the front and rear of the vehicle.  Given the vehicle was initially designed for a gasoline engine, the axle's are now extremely stressed with the added weight of batteries.  I have seen this weight distribution and its disturbing.  Second, why would I want a Canadian company who doesn't want to meet the motor vehicle safety standards to operate in the same domain as manufacturers that comply?  Answer, I don't!  Those vehicles may have a place in our society on low speed areas, but in mixed traffic, get serious!  Electric is all good, but unless its done right and lithium charged, its a bunch of crap in my opinion.

 

I actually agree on this one, though I didn't know about the Zenn retrofit.

There is no reason we have to make electric cars to a lower standard of performance than gas-engined models. The EV1 had plenty of acceleration and would do about 130km/h. More expensive models blow away million dollar sports cars.

I think the only reason the available electrics are pathetic is to lower public opinion of them, and the foreign manufacturers simply make what they can sell here as well. Why else should it take us almost a decade to go from RAV4 EV to Prius?

Support our Canadian company EvCanada,  with the electric car which will help

our environment.       Instead of bailouts (again) for the big auto companies.