The security of the Zenn electric car is in doubt

The electric car at low speed Zenn, which will soon be a pilot project in Quebec, would not be safe enough, according to some documents from the federal Department of Transportation obtained by TVA. According to a statement accompanying videos of tests conducted by Transport Canada, the risk to the driver and passenger in the vehicle at low speeds to be injured in collisions in an urban environment is "excessively high compared to the gravity of the collision. " These tests, which introduced VAT images, Monday, indicates that passengers absorb the shock of a collision on a wall at 40 km-h. Last June, the Quebec Minister of Transport, Julie Boulet, has authorized a pilot project that will allow the Zen movement in areas 50 km-h. The pilot project has been delayed, but should be put in motion in the coming days, reported VAT. Under federal law, the low-speed vehicles do not meet the criteria vehicles parkway. The Zenn has seat belts, but no airbags. When registering a Zenn, documents clearly show the driver that this car "is not the safety of a vehicle walk normally," said the head of engineering the Corporation 's automobile insurance in Quebec (SAAQ), Gaetan Bergeron. The president of Zenn Motor Company (ZNN), Ian Clifford, argued Monday that the car company exceeded the standards of Transport Canada for vehicles at low speed. "In the United States, there are 45 000 vehicles at low speed. For 10 years, there have been no deaths, "he argued, noting that the Zen can not exceed the 40 km-h. Zenn Motor Company hopes to sell a hundred of these vehicles in Quebec over the next year.