Owner-Trial Dossiers is an EV Risk Index program. We borrow a performance EV from a Canadian dealer or OEM press fleet, live with it for seven consecutive days under real ownership conditions, and publish the experience as a permanent dossier on that vehicle's existing page at evriskindex.com.
In plain terms: an Owner-Trial Dossier is an independent Canadian electric-vehicle ownership documentation program. A participating dealership or OEM provides a production EV; we drive it for seven days — or, for the Long-Term Test program, twelve months — under real Canadian conditions, and publish a permanent indexed dossier alongside the vehicle's risk score and recall history. No score influence, no copy approval, no sponsorship.
We are not making video. We are not producing a film. We are documenting the experience of living with the vehicle the way an owner would, for one week, on Canadian roads, with Canadian weather, paying Canadian charging rates.
The output is written: a structured dossier added to the vehicle's permanent page on the index, cross-referenced against its risk score, its recalls, and the published six-factor methodology. It sits beside the data — not in place of it.
Our editorial position does not change because we have driven the car. Scores are not adjusted in exchange for access. A vehicle that scores 72 before the trial scores 72 after, unless the regulatory data underneath the score moves on its own.
A trial only works if both sides put real things on the table. EV Risk Index brings the labour, the editorial output, and the permanent audience surface. The dealership or OEM brings the vehicle — and the operating budget to drive it honestly for a week.
EV Risk Index does not accept advertising, content sponsorship, or score-influence agreements. The program allowance is operating capital for the trial week — not editorial consideration. Dealers and OEMs who require copy approval or score guarantees should not apply.
The trial operates from civilian addresses and relies on public charging infrastructure shared with other vehicles and the surrounding community. A handful of categorical exclusions apply on safety grounds, and are non-negotiable.
We test from residential driveways, condominium parking, and public Level 3 stations. A thermal incident in any of those settings is a hazard not just to the vehicle but to the buildings, neighbours, and other vehicles around it. We will not knowingly assume that risk on behalf of a community that did not consent to host the test.
The dossier mirrors the structure of our methodology page. Six experience factors, one per topic, each grounded in something observable and timestamped during the week.
What an actual buyer would walk away with. Vehicle prep, charging-equipment briefing, paperwork clarity, first-week service expectations, and the battery state-of-health baseline. This is the most honest signal of after-sale culture we can capture.
Highway 20 corridor, sub-zero or peak-summer load conditions, climate at the temperature an owner actually uses it, passengers and cargo aboard. Documented kilometre-by-kilometre against the brochure number. Where the WLTP rating ends and Canada begins.
DC fast-charge taper curve from 10–80 on certified hardware. Level 2 overnight cost in CAD. Plug-and-charge handshake behaviour. Every dollar spent from the $3,400 allowance is logged and published.
Saint-Laurent stop-and-go. Parking footprint in a dense urban environment. One-pedal feel. Cabin behaviour in real traffic. The daily-driver dimension that spec sheets cannot describe.
One full intercity run on a real Canadian corridor — selected per vehicle. Working options include Montréal → Québec City (short corridor, dense charger network), Montréal → Toronto (Highway 401 reality check, sustained 110 km/h, the busiest EV corridor in the country), and Montréal → New Brunswick (long-haul Atlantic route, sparse charging, true range-anxiety territory). Every charger stop, every dollar, every minute is logged against the ICE-equivalent baseline.
Would an owner be happy at month twelve? Twenty-four? Service network density in the buyer's region, parts availability, software update cadence, infotainment fatigue, and the question every reviewer should be required to answer: would we buy this car with our own money?
Below are the performance and premium EVs currently in or entering the Canadian market that we are actively scheduling. If your brand is here and you have not yet been contacted, the line is open.
Every Owner-Trial Dossier is appended to the vehicle's existing page on the index. Buyers researching the model find the trial alongside the risk score, the recall data, and the methodology cross-reference.
The index serves 237 vehicle pages, 32 brand hubs, and 21 active recall campaigns. Traffic compounds. A buyer reading a Porsche Taycan dossier in 2028 is reading work commissioned in 2026. An ad expires. A dossier indexes.
Copy the template below, fill in the dealership fields, and send to evriskindex.info@gmail.com. Submitting the template constitutes acknowledgement of the program terms within it.
To: evriskindex.info@gmail.com
Subject: Owner-Trial Dossier — Booking Inquiry — [DEALERSHIP NAME] — [VEHICLE]
Hello EV Risk Index team,
We would like to submit a vehicle for the Owner-Trial Dossier program.
The following information and acknowledgements are provided as a complete
booking inquiry.
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1. DEALERSHIP
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Dealership name : [LEGAL NAME OF DEALERSHIP]
Operating name : [DBA, if different]
Street address : [STREET]
City / Municipality : [CITY], Québec
Postal code : [H_X _X_]
Primary contact : [FIRST LAST]
Title / Role : [GENERAL MANAGER / PRESS FLEET / PRINCIPAL]
Direct phone : [(XXX) XXX-XXXX]
Direct email : [name@dealership.ca]
After-hours contact : [(XXX) XXX-XXXX]
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2. VEHICLE OFFERED
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Make : [e.g. Porsche]
Model : [e.g. Taycan Turbo S]
Model year : [e.g. 2026]
Trim / Package : [e.g. Sport Turismo, Performance Battery Plus]
Exterior colour : [colour]
VIN : [17-character VIN]
Current odometer : [____ km]
Battery SOH baseline : [printout will be provided at hand-over: YES / NO]
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3. TRIAL DURATION REQUESTED
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Please mark one:
[ ] 7 days — Standard owner trial · $3,400 CAD allowance
[ ] 14 days — Extended owner trial · allowance to be agreed
[ ] 30 days — Long-term trial · allowance to be agreed
Preferred hand-over window : [DATE RANGE]
Hand-over location : [DEALERSHIP / OTHER ADDRESS IN QUÉBEC]
Return location : [SAME AS ABOVE / OTHER]
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4. ROUTE & USE
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We understand that EVRI will select the route based on what the vehicle
requires under test. Working routes include Montréal → Québec City,
Montréal → Toronto, and Montréal → New Brunswick. We acknowledge that
intercity travel within and outside Québec is part of the trial and is
covered by the EVRI driver insurance described in section 6.
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4B. OUT-OF-PROVINCE APPLICANTS (optional — fill if applicable)
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EVRI accepts vehicles from dealerships outside Québec. If the applicant
is based outside Québec, please confirm:
Dealership province / state : [PROVINCE / STATE]
Hand-over location in Montréal area :
Address : [STREET, CITY, QC]
Date : [YYYY-MM-DD]
[ ] We confirm the dealership will deliver the vehicle to the agreed
Montréal hand-over location at our cost, including flatbed transport,
driver fees, and in-transit insurance.
[ ] We confirm payment of the $3,400 CAD program allowance, by certified
cheque, money order, or bank draft payable to "CASH," will be tendered
at the moment of hand-over in Montréal — on the same NSF and same-day
return terms applicable to Québec dealerships.
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5. BREAKDOWN, RECOVERY & TOWING INSTRUCTIONS
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In the event of a mechanical breakdown, charging-system failure, collision,
thermal incident, or any condition that renders the vehicle undriveable,
the dealership instructs that the vehicle be towed to:
Primary tow destination :
Facility name : [DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTRE / DESIGNATED SHOP]
Street address : [STREET]
City, Province : [CITY], [PROVINCE]
24/7 contact : [(XXX) XXX-XXXX]
Out-of-province incident destination :
Facility name : [OEM-AUTHORIZED CENTRE OR DEALER NETWORK PARTNER]
Street address : [STREET]
City, Province : [CITY], [PROVINCE]
24/7 contact : [(XXX) XXX-XXXX]
Preferred tow operator (if any) : [COMPANY / Account #]
The dealership acknowledges and agrees that recovery costs, towing costs,
flatbed transport, fire-service coordination, and any emergency-response
costs associated with such events are the sole financial responsibility
of the dealership or OEM — not EVRI.
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6. INSURANCE & DRIVER COVERAGE (EVRI side)
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EVRI drivers and shunters operate under commercial coverage with a
two million dollar ($2,000,000 CAD) liability limit, valid for travel
within Québec and out-of-province across Canada. Proof of insurance and
driver credentials are available on request prior to hand-over.
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7. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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By submitting this inquiry, the dealership acknowledges and agrees:
(a) The dealership is solely responsible for the cost and arrangement of
recovery, towing, repairs, and fire-service response in the event of
mechanical breakdown, charging-system failure, or thermal incident
during the trial.
(b) The dealership covers ALL maintenance and service costs incurred
on the vehicle during the trial — including but not limited to
seasonal tire rotation, summer/winter tire swaps, fluid changes,
brake service, dealer-intervention software updates, battery
service or replacement, recall remedy completion, and any other
scheduled or unscheduled service the vehicle requires.
(c) If the vehicle requires service while out of Québec, the dealership
pays the receiving service facility (typically the OEM-authorized
centre nominated in section 5) directly for all work performed.
If service is expected to exceed one (1) week, EVRI's custody of
the vehicle ends at the receiving facility — the dealership is
responsible for arranging onward transport. EVRI will not collect,
return, store, or supervise the vehicle past that point.
(d) If a recall — including but not limited to thermal-battery, high-voltage,
or fire-risk recalls — is active on the make/model/year at the time of
hand-over, or is issued by any competent regulator (NHTSA, Transport
Canada, DVSA, KBA, Rappel Conso, or equivalent) at any point while the
vehicle is in EVRI custody, full responsibility for any consequence
arising from that recall remains with the dealership and the
manufacturer. EVRI reserves the right to cease the trial and return
the vehicle immediately upon issuance of any such recall.
(e) The vehicle is delivered to EVRI and returned to the dealership on an
"AS-IS, AS-WAS" basis. EVRI is not responsible for pre-existing
mechanical conditions, software faults, cosmetic wear, or undisclosed
service-history items.
(f) EVRI is not responsible for vandalism, theft, attempted theft, break-in,
or third-party damage to the vehicle while in EVRI custody, beyond what
is covered by the EVRI driver's commercial liability policy described
in section 6. The dealership's own fleet or press-loan insurance is
expected to remain in force throughout the trial.
(g) Editorial output is independent. The dealership has no right of copy
approval, no right of pre-publication review, no right to influence
the risk score, and no claim to removal of the published dossier.
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8. PAYMENT TERMS — $3,400 CAD PROGRAM ALLOWANCE
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The program allowance is paid at the time of vehicle hand-over, by certified
cheque, money order, or bank draft, **made payable to "CASH"**.
(a) Payment is collected by the EVRI shunter or delivery agent at the moment
of hand-over, and deposited the same business day.
(b) If the instrument is returned for insufficient funds, stopped payment,
or any other non-clearance reason, EVRI will return the vehicle to the
dealership the same day the non-clearance notice is received.
(c) In the event a same-day return falls outside dealership operating hours,
the dealership is responsible for arranging safe after-hours drop-off
or staffing to receive the vehicle. EVRI is not responsible for
after-hours storage, security, or any incident arising during a
required same-day return.
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9. SIGNATURE
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Submitted by : [FIRST LAST]
Title : [TITLE]
Date : [YYYY-MM-DD]
Authority : [I confirm I have authority to bind the dealership to the
terms above and to release the vehicle described in section 2.]
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Please confirm receipt and propose a hand-over window.
Thank you,
[FIRST LAST]
[DEALERSHIP NAME]
This template is provided as a starting point for opening a booking conversation. It is not a substitute for a formal vehicle-loan agreement and does not constitute legal advice. Both parties are encouraged to have their counsel review the final terms — particularly the recall-liability, AS-IS / AS-WAS, recovery, and payment clauses — before any vehicle hand-over takes place. EVRI may require a countersigned long-form agreement prior to confirming the trial.
In addition to the 7-day Owner-Trial Dossier program, EV Risk Index is opening a limited annual slate of Long-Term Test Vehicle commitments. One vehicle, twelve consecutive months, one published dossier per month, and one final twelve-month verdict. The deepest, longest, most honest record of what owning the vehicle actually looks like in Canada — month by month, season by season.
This is not sponsorship. No logos on EVRI, no "presented by," no branded co-pages. The participating brand provides a vehicle for an extended editorial program. EVRI provides the labour, the documentation, and the permanent indexed home. The vehicle is reviewed under the same six-factor methodology as every other car on the index, with no copy approval and no score influence. The same firewall that protects the 7-day program protects this one. A vehicle that earns a poor twelve-month verdict gets a poor twelve-month verdict — published, indexed, and final.
Dealerships that win a Long-Term Test contract are permitted to reference the program in their inventory listings, showroom signage, online classifieds, customer-facing communications, and sales floor materials. Every other vehicle of the same make and model on the dealer's lot benefits from the active monthly testing happening on evriskindex.com. A buyer researching the model finds a twelve-month durability log — written by an independent editorial team — directly connected to the dealer who put the car on the bench. The dealer becomes the source the buyer trusts because the dealer trusted the car enough to put it under independent scrutiny.
"This [Model Year] [Make] [Model] is the same vehicle currently undergoing independent long-term durability testing by the editorial team of EV Risk Index. Read the monthly dossier on this model — published since [Month, Year] — at evriskindex.com →"
The dealership writes its own marketing copy. EVRI does not provide brand-aligned language and does not endorse the dealership's claims beyond the factual statement that the model is in long-term testing. Use of the EV Risk Index name in dealer materials is limited to factual reference to the program — not to imply endorsement, partnership, or any score guarantee on individual inventory units.
To: evriskindex.info@gmail.com
Subject: LTT Program — [DEALERSHIP NAME] — [VEHICLE] — Application
Hello EV Risk Index team,
We are submitting an application for the Long-Term Test Vehicle Program.
We acknowledge the program opens June 1, 2026, that EVRI awards no more
than three slots per calendar year, and that all submitted vehicles are
reviewed under the published six-factor methodology with no editorial
influence or score guarantees.
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1. APPLICANT — DEALERSHIP OR OEM CANADA
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Legal entity : [LEGAL NAME]
Operating name : [DBA, if different]
Type : [ ] Dealership [ ] OEM Canada PR [ ] Distributor
Street address : [STREET]
City / Municipality : [CITY], Québec
Postal code : [H_X _X_]
Primary contact : [FIRST LAST]
Title / Role : [GENERAL MANAGER / PRESS FLEET LEAD / OEM PR]
Direct phone : [(XXX) XXX-XXXX]
Direct email : [name@company.ca]
After-hours contact : [(XXX) XXX-XXXX]
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2. VEHICLE OFFERED
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Make : [e.g. Porsche]
Model : [e.g. Taycan Turbo S]
Model year : [e.g. 2026 / 2027]
Trim / Package : [full trim and option specification]
Exterior colour : [colour]
VIN : [17-character VIN]
Odometer at start : [____ km expected at hand-over]
Battery SOH baseline : [printout will be provided at hand-over: YES / NO]
Category claimed : [ ] Full-size crossover [ ] Performance EV
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3. EDITORIAL CASE — WHY THIS VEHICLE
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A brief statement of why this vehicle merits twelve months on the
bench. What category gap does it fill on the EVRI index? What
audience would benefit from a year of monthly dossiers on this
specific vehicle? Why now?
[2–6 SENTENCES]
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4. PROGRAM DURATION & ALLOWANCE
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Commitment : 12 consecutive months
Proposed start date : [YYYY-MM-DD]
Proposed end date : [YYYY-MM-DD]
Verdict published : Month 13 (one month after program close)
Allowance tier requested:
[ ] $2,500 CAD per month · $30,000 annual program value
[ ] $3,400 CAD per month · $40,800 annual program value
Payment cadence : Monthly, on the first business day of each
calendar month, by certified cheque, money
order, or bank draft payable to "CASH".
Same NSF / same-day return terms as the
7-day Owner-Trial program apply.
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5. HAND-OVER, RETURN, AND SERVICE INTERVALS
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Hand-over location : [DEALERSHIP / OTHER ADDRESS IN QUÉBEC]
Return location : [SAME AS ABOVE / OTHER]
OEM-required service handling (mark one):
[ ] EVRI returns the vehicle to the dealer service centre at every
scheduled interval published by the manufacturer
[ ] Dealer dispatches a shunter to collect and return the vehicle
for each scheduled service
Primary tow destination (in-province):
Facility name : [SERVICE CENTRE]
Street address : [STREET]
City, Province : [CITY], QC
24/7 contact : [(XXX) XXX-XXXX]
Out-of-province incident destination:
Facility name : [OEM-AUTHORIZED CENTRE OR NETWORK PARTNER]
Street address : [STREET]
City, Province : [CITY], [PROVINCE]
24/7 contact : [(XXX) XXX-XXXX]
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6. INSURANCE & DRIVER COVERAGE (EVRI side)
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EVRI drivers operate under commercial coverage with a $2,000,000 CAD
liability limit, valid within Québec and out-of-province across all
Canadian provinces. Proof of insurance and driver credentials are
available on request prior to hand-over. The dealer's own fleet or
press-loan insurance is expected to remain in force for the duration
of the 12-month commitment.
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7. RECIPROCITY — DEALERSHIP MARKETING RIGHTS
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For the duration of the program, the dealership is permitted to
reference the Long-Term Test Vehicle Program in inventory listings,
showroom signage, online classifieds, and customer-facing materials
FOR ANY OTHER VEHICLE OF THE SAME MAKE, MODEL, AND MODEL YEAR on
the dealership's lot.
The dealership agrees:
(a) References to EV Risk Index are limited to factual statements
that the model is in long-term testing on evriskindex.com.
No claims of endorsement, partnership, or score guarantee on
individual inventory units.
(b) The dealer will not use the EVRI logo, brand marks, or trade
name in any manner that suggests EVRI has endorsed the
dealership, the dealer's staff, or any individual sale.
(c) If the published monthly dossier or twelve-month verdict on the
model is unfavourable, the dealership's reciprocity rights remain
in effect for the duration of the program — the vehicle is in
testing until the program closes — but the dealer is expected to
allow the published EVRI dossier to speak for itself without
rebuttal under EVRI's name.
(d) Reciprocity rights cease the day the program closes or the day
the month-13 verdict is published, whichever is later.
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8. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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By submitting this application, the dealership acknowledges and
agrees to all terms of the 7-day Owner-Trial Dossier program as
published at evriskindex.com, scaled to the 12-month commitment,
including:
(a) Breakdown, recovery, towing, flatbed transport, fire-service
coordination, and emergency-response costs remain the
dealership's responsibility throughout the 12 months.
(b) The dealership covers ALL maintenance and service costs incurred
on the vehicle for the full 12-month duration — including but not
limited to seasonal tire rotation, summer/winter tire swaps, fluid
changes, brake service, dealer-intervention software updates,
battery service or replacement, recall remedy completion, and any
other scheduled or unscheduled service the vehicle requires.
(c) If the vehicle requires service while out of Québec at any point
during the 12-month commitment, the dealership pays the receiving
service facility directly for all work performed. If service is
expected to exceed one (1) week, EVRI's custody of the vehicle
ends at the receiving facility — the dealership is responsible
for arranging onward transport and may choose either to dispatch
a shunter to retrieve the vehicle, or to substitute a replacement
vehicle of equivalent specification for the remainder of the
program at no additional allowance.
(d) Any recall — active at hand-over or issued during the program
by NHTSA, Transport Canada, DVSA, KBA, Rappel Conso, or any
competent regulator — on the make / model / year remains the
dealership's and the manufacturer's responsibility. EVRI
reserves the right to suspend the program for the duration
of any thermal-battery, high-voltage, or fire-risk recall,
and to require remedy completion before resumption.
(e) The vehicle is delivered to EVRI and returned to the dealership
on an AS-IS, AS-WAS basis. EVRI is not responsible for
pre-existing mechanical conditions, software faults, cosmetic
wear, or undisclosed service-history items.
(f) EVRI is not responsible for vandalism, theft, attempted theft,
break-in, or third-party damage beyond what the EVRI driver's
commercial liability policy covers.
(g) Editorial output is independent. No copy approval, no
pre-publication review, no influence on the risk score, no
claim to removal of any published monthly dossier or the
twelve-month verdict.
(h) Out-of-province applicants: the dealership assumes responsibility
for delivering the vehicle to an agreed hand-over location in the
greater Montréal area, including flatbed transport, driver fees,
and in-transit insurance. Monthly allowance payments by cheque
payable to "CASH" are tendered on the same schedule and terms
as in-province applicants.
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9. SIGNATURE
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Submitted by : [FIRST LAST]
Title : [TITLE]
Date : [YYYY-MM-DD]
Authority : [I confirm I have authority to bind the dealership
to a 12-month commitment, the monthly allowance
schedule, and to release the vehicle described in
section 2 for the program duration.]
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We understand applications are reviewed quarterly, and that the
2026–2027 slate is finalized by September 1, 2026. Please confirm
receipt of this application.
Thank you,
[FIRST LAST]
[DEALERSHIP NAME]
This template is a starting point for opening an application. It is not a substitute for a formal long-term loan agreement and does not constitute legal advice. Both parties are encouraged to have their counsel review final terms — particularly recall liability, AS-IS / AS-WAS, recovery, payment, and reciprocity clauses — before any vehicle hand-over takes place. EVRI requires a countersigned long-form agreement prior to commencing any Long-Term Test commitment.
The questions we hear most often from press fleet managers, dealer principals, and OEM Canada PR leads. Short answers; the detail sits in the sections above.
A Canadian dealership or OEM press fleet provides a production performance EV, fully charged, for either a 7-day Owner-Trial Dossier (with a flat $3,400 CAD program allowance) or a 12-month Long-Term Test commitment (with a $2,500–$3,400 CAD monthly allowance). EVRI drives the vehicle under real Canadian ownership conditions and publishes a structured editorial dossier on the vehicle's existing page on the index, cross-referenced against its risk score and recall history.
Yes. Canadian dealerships, OEM Canada PR teams, and authorized Canadian distributors can submit using the booking template in Section 07 (for 7-day trials) or the application template in Section 08 (for the 12-month Long-Term Test Program). Submission constitutes acknowledgement of the program terms within the template, including the recall-liability and AS-IS / AS-WAS clauses.
No. There is no copy approval, no pre-publication review, no influence over the risk score, and no claim to removal of any published dossier. A vehicle that earns an unfavourable verdict gets an unfavourable verdict — published, indexed, and final. This editorial firewall applies identically to the 7-day program and the 12-month Long-Term Test Program.
No. EV Risk Index does not accept advertising, content sponsorship, or score-influence agreements. The program allowance is operating capital for the trial — driver fees, charging, lodging, meals, tolls — not editorial consideration. The Long-Term Test Program is not branded sponsorship: no logos, no "presented by," no co-branded pages. Dealerships participating in the long-term program may reference the program factually in their inventory listings under the reciprocity terms published in Section 08.
Dossiers are permanent. They remain on the vehicle's page on evriskindex.com for the supported life of the vehicle. No expiry, no pull-down, no paywall. A buyer researching the model in 2028 reads work commissioned in 2026.
Vehicles under any active thermal-battery, fire-risk, or "park outside" recall issued by NHTSA, Transport Canada, DVSA, KBA, Rappel Conso, or equivalent regulators are categorically excluded until the recall remedy is completed and verified on the specific VIN. Pre-production and engineering-validation units are also not eligible — the trial documents the ownership experience of a buyer-spec vehicle on buyer-spec software. Full eligibility detail is in Section 03.
Recovery, towing, flatbed transport, fire-service coordination, and any associated emergency-response costs are the responsibility of the dealership or OEM, not EVRI. EVRI drivers operate under commercial insurance with a $2,000,000 CAD liability limit valid for Québec and out-of-province travel across Canada, covering third-party liability during operation. The dealer's fleet or press-loan insurance is expected to remain in force throughout the trial.
Applications for the 12-month Long-Term Test Vehicle Program open on June 1, 2026. EVRI awards a maximum of three slots per calendar year, selected for vehicle category diversity (full-size crossovers and performance EVs) and editorial value to the index. The 2026–2027 slate is finalized by September 1, 2026.
The dealership covers all maintenance and service costs incurred on the vehicle during the trial, including seasonal tire rotation, summer-to-winter or winter-to-summer tire swaps, fluid changes, brake service, software updates requiring dealer intervention, battery service or replacement, recall remedy completion, and any other scheduled or unscheduled service the vehicle needs. EVRI documents these events in the dossier but does not pay for them. If service is required while the vehicle is out of Québec and is expected to exceed one week, EVRI's custody ends at the receiving service facility and the dealership is responsible for arranging onward transport.
Yes. EVRI accepts vehicles from dealerships across Canada and the United States. Out-of-province and out-of-country dealerships assume responsibility for delivering the vehicle to an agreed hand-over location in the greater Montréal area, including flatbed transport, driver fees, and in-transit insurance. The $3,400 CAD program allowance, payable by cheque to "CASH," is still tendered at the moment of hand-over in Montréal, on the same NSF and same-day-return terms that apply to Québec dealerships.
Hand-over is at an agreed location in Québec. Working intercity routes for the trial week include Montréal → Québec City, Montréal → Toronto, and Montréal → New Brunswick. Route selection is determined by what the vehicle requires under test, not by what fits the cheapest envelope — the flat allowance structure is designed specifically to remove that pressure.
The program allowance is paid by certified cheque, money order, or bank draft, payable to "CASH," at the moment of vehicle hand-over. It is deposited the same business day. If the instrument is returned for insufficient funds, the vehicle is returned to the dealership the same day. Full payment terms are in Section 08 of the booking template.
We are scheduling the 2026 trial calendar now. Slots are limited by the working week — one vehicle at a time, sequentially. OEM PR teams, Canadian distributor press desks, and dealer principals with the authority to commit a vehicle and the program allowance are invited to write.