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According to Transport Canada.. the Zap electric car line are not welcome to Canada.
I would like to know if theres a way i can bring a Zap Xebra to Montreal, Quebec.

According to Zap, the car IS permitted in Canada for off road use only.

So far, my only idea is to have someone from the states buy it.. drive it to Canada as if visiting and then leave it here for me to drive it on his name.

Ideas please.


PS: And yes i know an electric car cannot go far (drive to the Canadian border and etc..), but i've thought of a way around that too

   

Have the seller draw up the papers as a recreational vehicle sale?

   

Put it on a trailer, and pull it behind a car that can use the roads.

You must have lots of property to drive such a vehicle on.

   

Smuggling is a decision)) (Joke )

   

I'm interested in why Canada thinks the Zap car is unfit for the Canadian public. If it's a safety issue then maybe they're on to something.

   

Because they also do not allow you to import ANY car younger than 15 years, even Mercedes' and BMW's, unless you are a dealer and sell new.

   

Not quite correct. You can import a car less than 15 years old, if it was built in the States, Mexico or Puerto Rico. European, South American or Asian models must be 15 years old, and never sold in retail in North America.

You can't import the Zap as a road going car, I believe, because it doesn't meet Canadian safety standards.

   

Nope, people bring in old Harleys all the time.


As for the OP, I wouldnt bother, you will never get it registered in Canada,
and the police will figure the game out soon enough, seeing you
one too many times.

   

Isn't the Zap made in Canada? There is an electric car that is or was made in Quebec with a very similar name. But do we really want to allow them on the streets? Regular cars have to meet all sorts of crash tests, if electric cars like this had to, they would cost a fortune and need huge battery packs for the added weight. It's different with the electric bikes you see, because they can go where the regular bikes go.

   

There's a list of vehicles younger than 15 which can be imported (can be found here). Cars not on the list must be older than 15 years.

The problem is not necessarily that the car doesn't meet Canadian safety standards, just that they perhaps haven't had it tested here and thus we can't know if it meets them or not.

There's something of a push to have the 15 extended to 20 because of the flood of JDM sports cars coming in. I can't say I wouldn't support it - you put an immature ricer behind the wheel on the wrong side of the car and bad things are going to happen sooner or later.

   

ZENN. And why not? The ZENN is not capable of speeds over 50km/h, which lends themselves well to being in town grocery getters.

   

Lots of pretty severe accidents happen in town. And nobody does 50 anyway. I've tried it and man do people get irate. So we'd be seeing a lot of ZENN drivers crushed like sardines as cars weighing many times more smash into them. I mean we could say that's their problem, but then why have safety standards for any car in the first place? And if mommy wants to take the baby shopping in her ZENN, does she still have to strap him in a car seat? Isn't that a bit pointless when the car doesn't offer any protection.

Personally I'd be willing to say let's allow electric cars. But I'm certainly willing to defer to the safety experts on this one if it makes sense.

   

You're right. Here, they do 30.
(highway speedlimit is 60.)

   

I doubt it. Not my experience with small towns. Maybe right around the one traffic light and all. And speed limits are irrelevant. I doubt ZENN's would be a very practical car for small towns, especially ones where it snows. More suitable for say downtown Vancouver where it's hard to do 50 because it's mostly so jammed up.

   

get yourself a small truck like a ford ranger, lots of batteries and a dc motor. it isnt that hard to make a vehicle that transport canada will allow on the roads.

   

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