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Chevrolet Volt Named 2009 Green Car Vision Award™ Winner

WASHINGTON -- (PR Newswire) -- Feb 03, 2009 -- The Chevrolet Volt has been named the 2009 Green Car Vision Award™ winner by the auto enthusiast magazine Green Car Journal. The award was presented at a press conference this morning at The Washington Auto Show.

Two panels comprised of automotive, energy, and government leaders will tackle such topics as reducing CO2 greenhouse gas emissions and exploring strategies for oil displacement and long-term sustainability.

Competition for the award was keen, with plug-in hybrid, range extended electric, battery electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles vying for the prize.

"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™ 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 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 won out over some very high profile and innovative models, with each of these vehicles holding promise to help shape our driving future.

Fisker Karma: The brainchild of noted auto executive and designer Henrik Fisker, the Karma features an innovative Q-Drive plug-in hybrid powertrain by joint venture partner Quantum Technologies. It’s launching late this year.

Honda FCX Clarity: The FCX Clarity is a sleek fuel cell sedan that shares how ‘normal’ an all-new hydrogen model can be in years ahead. It is currently being driven by consumers in an evolving demonstration program.

MINI E: This zero emission vehicle is an electric version of the conventional internal combustion MINI Cooper. About 500 MINI E models are presently being leased to consumers in three states as a way to gauge the market.

Mitsubishi i-MiEV: The i-MiEV is a battery electric city car based on an internal combustion model already popular in Japan. Examples are being tested in a demonstration program with Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

"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."

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