First Electric Vehicle to Win Top Prize in Award's Seventh YearBy GM Canada - The 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric car with extended-range capability was name Green Car Journal's Green Car of the Year. The Volt is the first electric vehicle to win the award.
"This has been a long time coming," said Ron Cogan, editor and publisher of Green Car Journal and editor of GreenCar.com. "The electric vehicles that were test marketed in the 1990s tantalized us, but were without a solid business case. What a difference a decade makes."
The Volt runs purely on electricity for 40 to 80 km's on a single charge before a 1.4-liter gasoline engine/generator seamlessly engages to create electricity to drive the wheels for an additional 500 km's on a full tank of gas. The Volt's extended-range capability addresses the range anxiety concerns associated with battery-only electric vehicles.
"The Green Car of the Year award validates the Chevrolet team's promise to deliver a practical electric vehicle," said Joel Ewanick, General Motors vice president, U.S. Marketing, who drove a Volt 2,394 miles from Detroit to the Los Angeles International Auto Show, where he accepted the award Thursday. "The Volt's a transformational technology that will lead our industry into a new age of vehicle electrification."
Other finalists for Green Car honors were: the Ford Fiesta, Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, Lincoln MKZ Hybrid, and Nissan LEAF. The Green Car of the Year jury was comprised of six environmental and automotive experts along with Green Car Journal editors.
The Chevrolet Tahoe 2-Mode Hybrid is a previous winner of the Green Car award.
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