Innovative Chevy Volt Wins 2009 Green Car Vision Award

The Chevrolet Volt has been honored with Green Car Journal’s 2009 Green Car Vision Award™ at the Washington Auto Show. The Volt offers a bold and far-reaching approach that promises to bring an exceptionally fuel efficient model to consumers at reasonable cost. When the Volt launches in late 2010, it will deliver exactly what many consumers are asking for – a car capable of driving on zero emission battery power most of the time at pennies per mile, with over 100 mpg possible on longer journeys when electric power from its range extender engine-generator is needed.

The Green Car Vision Award™ recognizes the most important vehicle in an award year that best envisions the road ahead, but is not yet on sale. It complements Green Car Journal’s Green Car of the Year® award, which focuses on new vehicle models that lead the field in environmental performance and are available at new car showrooms today.

Competition for the award was keen, with plug-in hybrid, range extended electric, battery electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles vying for the prize. These include the Fisker Karma, the brainchild of noted auto executive and designer Henrik Fisker that’s launching later this year; the Honda FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel cell sedan that’s currently being driven by consumers in an evolving demonstration program; the MINI E, an electric version of the conventional internal combustion MINI Cooper that’s now being leased to five hundred consumers in three states as a way to gauge the market; and the Mitsubishi i-MiEV battery electric city car, which is based on an internal combustion model already popular in Japan and is now undergoing testing in a demonstration program with several electric utilities.

Chevrolet’s Volt, a milestone vehicle that re-thinks the drivetrain of the future, is one of the most anticipated vehicles in the auto industry’s 100-plus year history.

Want to know more about the Chevrolet Volt? Be sure to check out these articles on GreenCar.com:
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