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title: The Quebec government entrusts SYSTRA Canada with a pilot project for decarbonized logistics
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# The Quebec government entrusts SYSTRA Canada with a pilot project for decarbonized logistics

Establishing a complete electric logistics chain, from warehouses to shops and
consumers, is the ambition of the Quebec authorities. Their aim is to test 7
battery-electric trucks for 3 years, under real-life commercial conditions, on
the busiest intercity route in La Belle Province. A full-scale demonstration of
decarbonization was launched on Friday by Quebec’s Minister of the Economy at
the Montreal Electric Vehicle Show.

![photo-de-groupe_ministre-fitzgibbon](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/photo-de-groupe_ministre-fitzgibbon-1024x584.jpg)

_From left to right: Patrick Vallerand – AtriX – Conformité et Électrification des transports, Stéphane Pascalon – Propulsion Québec, Anthony Mainville – AttriX – Conformité et Électrification des transports, Catryn Pinard – Nationex, Michelle LLambias Meunier – Propulsion Québec, Pierre Ftizgibbon, Minister of the Economy, Innovation and Energy for Quebec (MEIE), Samuel Derosiaux, Simon Fortin and Joseph Rezk from SYSTRA Canada_

Under the aegis of Propulsion Québec, representing the players in the electric
mobility sector, SYSTRA Canada is working alongside major industry players to
plan and analyse the data and develop predictive tools for electricity
consumption based on artificial intelligence. One of the major objectives of the
project is to provide the industry with the analysis and feedback generated in
order to promote the electrification of freight transport in Quebec.

![](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/vincent-berducou-2-852x1024.jpg)

> It is excellent news to be part of this innovative project supported by
> Propulsion Québec. SYSTRA Canada is capitalizing on its experience and
> capacity for innovation in transport electrification projects. We are
> anticipating changes in the market by positioning ourselves upstream in future
> projects to transform logistics chains. Many lessons can be learnt from this
> approach, while enabling SYSTRA Canada to broaden its field of action in
> electromobility.
> Vincent Berducou, Electromobility, operation and maintenance director, SYSTRA
> Canada

### Intercity logistics in question

Montreal and Quebec are 250km apart and are currently served by
combustion-powered heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), but electric technology is
beginning to make sense for distances of this magnitude. How far are we from
decarbonizing the entire logistics chain? Firstly, we need to increase our
knowledge and experimentation, rethink planning, install recharging
infrastructure, as well as consider all the logistics of the last few
kilometres, right up to customers’ homes.

Propulsion Québec estimates that the project will reduce greenhouse gas
emissions by more than 4,000 tonnes of CO_(2) equivalent over 3 years, while
hoping to demonstrate the technical and commercial reliability of a carbon-free
logistics chain of this kind. In the longer term, this pilot project could serve
as an example for promoting and raising awareness of decarbonisation throughout
the road transport sector.

### Quebec at the forefront of electric mobility

This success adds to a long list of references already accumulated by SYSTRA
Canada in the field of decarbonizing transport. This began in 2018 with a
feasibility study for a new electric bus depot in Montreal, and continued with
the development of the
[TESS (Transit & Electromobility Smart Simulator)](https://www.systra.com/digital/solutions/sustainable-mobility-energy-transition/tess/)
solution, which sizes the infrastructure needed to operate electric vehicles.

Recently, SYSTRA Canada was selected as one of the members of the Sybel
consortium to support the electrification of a fleet of 77 buses for the Société
de Transport de Trois-Rivières (STTR).

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