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WORLDWIDE SITUATION OF LOW SPEED VEHICLE (LSV) - MARCH 2008

LSV Final Report (77 pages PDF document, 3329 kB)
Annexes (158 pages PDF document, 3127 kB)

The goal of the present document is to provide the latest information on the evolution of Low Speed Vehicles (LSV) in the studied geographical areas and to deduce tendencies concerning the integration of these vehicles into regular road traffic. The United States, some countries of the European Union, Japan and Australia were targeted because of their respective experience with this type of vehicle. In-depth presentation of regulations, technical standards, operating rules, the market, safety issues, as well as the science of car accident analysis and quoted expert opinions are presented within.

The collated information and the recommendations found in the document should permit the Québec Transportation Ministry, and probably other Canadian provincial gov’ts as well, to orient their LSV policy.

FEASIBILITY STUDY : INTEGRATION OF BIODIESEL (B20) IN WINTER CONDITION IN MONT-TREMBLANT FLEET AND ITS AREA – JULY 2008

Final Report (56 pages PDF document (4 437 Kb french version only)

Following the analysis of the test fleets’ vehicles, the feasibility study proposes an analysis of the various strategies of use of biodiesel mixtures (types and concentrations) and of petrodiesel (Nordic type, seasonal type, kerosene), of the effects of an electrical thermal management system and of the use of additives. Various tests (in the lab and in a controlled climate chamber) were performed to validate (or invalidate) the proposed solutions. Finally, the study measures the impacts of the solutions that were retained, and proposes scenarios for the use of biodiesel for the region of Mont-Tremblant, QC.