Chevrolet Volt Named 2009 Green Car Vision Award(TM) Winner

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ — The Chevrolet Volt has been named the
2009 Green Car Vision Award(TM) winner by the auto enthusiast magazine Green
Car Journal. The award was presented at a press conference this morning at The
Washington Auto Show(R).

Competition for the award was keen, with plug-in hybrid, range extended
electric, battery electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles vying for the
prize. Among them: the Fisker Karma, launching late this year; the Honda FCX
Clarity, a sleek, fuel-cell sedan; the MINI E, an electric version of the
conventional internal combustion MINI Cooper; and the Mitsubishi I-MiEV, a
battery electric city car based on a popular internal combustion model in
Japan.

“The Chevy Volt offers a bold and far-reaching approach that will bring an
exceptionally fuel-efficient model to consumers at reasonable cost,” says Ron
Cogan, editor and publisher of the Green Car Journal and editor of
GreenCar.com. “Besides being a great design, the Volt promises 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(TM) 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(R) award, which by
nature focuses on new vehicle models that lead the field in environmental
performance and are available at new car showrooms today.

“Chevrolet’s Volt is a milestone vehicle that re-thinks the drivetrain of
the future,” says Cogan. “The Volt is one of the most anticipated vehicles in
the auto industry’s 100-plus year history, and when it launches in 2010, it
will surely be one of the most coveted vehicles on the road.”

Known as the “Automotive Seat of Power” for its mix of industry leaders
and public policy makers, The Washington Auto Show runs Wed., Feb 4. through
Sun., Feb. 8 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

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SOURCE The Washington Auto Show