Added: Aug 20, 2008

From: zenntv

Duration: 6:10

November 20, 2007 - Rick Mercer tours our St. Jérome manufacturing facility and discovers Canada's best kept secret: the all-electric ZENN!

Channel: Autos

Tags: canada  canadian  cars  cbc  electric  mercer  quebec  report  rick  zenn 


Rating: 4.88 (327 ratings)    Views: 932137' favoriteCount='653    Comments: 310

PumaPumaPride Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - no, I didn't. And, Uh, Im positive the whole population would be annoyed.

PumaPumaPride Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - lol, type. Meant to say Im positive the whole population would NOT be annoyed. Its impossible.

Maxmulham Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Maybe not. Look, I'm not against green vehicles okay. I'm just saying there's some better ones out there. (A lot better ones) Canadians really need to do thier research before typing thier comments

Maxmulham Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - And trust me. Millions would be pissed off considerably. (Might even start riots)

PumaPumaPride Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - No...no they wouldn't.

bubilicious909 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - LOL!!3:52-4:03 hahahaha!!

dahur1 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Yeah, well Zenn has exclusive rights to EEStor's new groundbreaking, game-changing storage technology for their EV's. When that becomes a reality, watch out you special interest groups, including Big Oil. EEStor is going to really change things in the transportation world. And apparently Lockheed-Martin thinks so also, with their signing a deal for EEStor's electrical storage technology for military applications. Can't wait.

timrprobocom Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - This car is about $15,000. The Tesla Roadster is more than $100,000. It's true that you won't take your ZENN on the interstate, but that's not the target market.

Maxmulham Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - True. (Well, I heard the Tesla is $80,000 but still). I still feel Zenn is just not ready to bring out its vehicles yet. 20km/h more will do the trick.

Asarim Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Saw it on ISITEL. Cool...

bam6956 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - ok it isn't the best looking car but its a start and if these guys can do this how the hell can the big guys say they cant bs and if they can improve the speed and range they could have awinner i don't care too much for the looks of the car right now i want something i can afford to drive so i can go somewhere besides the gas station keep working on it zenn they got to start somewhere all the nah sayers must work for big oil

qazwas2001 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Now I want to buy one just to piss off Steven Harper and Exxon.

ashweirdo Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - "I decided to put it up on the curb... because I'm in Quebec.""Good job!""Shh!"xD

slodrive Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - That was hilarious!! Seems so typical that we haven't filled our cities with this. Sad really. I heard them talking about this on 102.1 The Edge here in Toronto...apparently they're getting everyone to email the Transpo Minister to get his head out of his ass. This is a perfect urban vehicle. Would make a really good second vehicle for suburbanites too...think it tops out around 60km/h.

kng420 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - I have actually called and emailed Ministry of Transportation James J Bradley to see why he won't approve this car.

BeastmasterKory Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - honestly it really doesn't look that bad. The Ministry of Transportation needs to lay off the dubie, and start looking long term. It really is amazing how STUPID some people can be

ziiffer Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Anyone know where I can download this? I wanna show it to my class but I need the file so I can burn it to dvd.

rjunivera Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Zero noise cars are deadly for the blind and for animals that are not looking for any moving Vehicle's. Not to mention the cost of repairs.

Chavnah Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Rick, love your program you always make me smile, the electric car was invented many years ago but the idea was stopped because the rich oillords wanted to guzzle up all the dough they could get and we fall for that one!! Brilliant video clip and certainly a trigger for discussion to more awareness and observe how the oillords operate to keep us all buying gas not caring about the environment whatsoever! Remember what David Suzuki said about Bush's bum? Well that's what I'm thinking right now!!

911allo Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Zenn needs to be during recharge 4-5 hours after 56 Km at a top speed of 40 km/h. They Doen't say it uses regenerative breaking which would double it's range. Lead batteries, wouach.We had Hydro-Quebec developping the motor wheel (now TM4) and beautyfull Lithium-ion batteries (bankrupted Avestor) which could outspeed a Corvette.Big shots don't want a good electric car so it is made deliberatly undesirable.18 months for Ottawa to approve it: Harper waiting for Bush's permission :)

911allo Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - The Ministry of Transportation is not stupid but are asked to pretend and act as if they were. It's part of the bigger plan, reduce freedom, reduce our traveling freedom, build a superhighway for commerce.The SPP prepares the North American Union leads to a New World Order where orders and laws are Zionists.False terrorism will justify loosing our rights again.

911allo Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Did he answer ? If ever he does please post his answer, I'd like to reverse-engineer his lies!RSVP :)

BeastmasterKory Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - ummm.... they have horns

jcomb123 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - I wanted one until I read it's max speed is 25 mph... that is fine for around town, but if you take it on the freeway you're roadkill...I live in California so you know where I'm coming from lolI'll bet in a few years it will have a much higher speed if the U.S. doesn't try to derail it to protect big oil.

skirdhu9 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - The idea is you don't take it on the highway - and use it in the city instead of your V-8 Hummer. lol