{"id":101310,"date":"2015-11-19T14:35:36","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T19:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=101310"},"modified":"2015-11-19T14:35:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T19:35:36","slug":"2016-chevrolet-volt-named-green-car-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2015\/11\/2016-chevrolet-volt-named-green-car-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Chevrolet Volt Named Green Car of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Green Car Publisher Ron Cogan, Chevy Marketing Director Steve Mojoras and the 2016 Volt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The completely redesigned 2016 Chevrolet Volt has been named Green Car of the Year, repeating a victory it claimed when the original plug-in hybrid debuted a half-decade ago.<\/p>\n

The Volt knocked down an impressive list of competitors that included the new, fourth-generation 2016 Toyota Prius, the world\u2019s best-selling hybrid-electric vehicle.<\/p>\n

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A Winner!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis is certainly something special,\u201d proclaimed Steve Mojoras, Chevy\u2019s marketing manager, after accepting the crystal trophy at the L.A. Auto Show event. \u201cThis is a hard market to crack. This is the Super Bowl of green car awards, so it adds instant validation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The original Volt was the industry\u2019s first mass-market plug-in hybrid, offering buyers more than 30 miles of range per charge before firing up its internal combustion engine. The new model migrates to a new, lighter chassis, adopts a smaller but more powerful battery pack that allows it to now squeeze in five passengers, rather than four, and boosts range to 53 miles per charge.<\/p>\n

Those were all key factors in the decision by a jury that includes a variety of green car specialists, a former chief of the California Air Resources Board, environmentalist and ocean activist Jean-Michel Cousteau, and comedian and car fanatic Jay Leno.<\/p>\n

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The 2016 Chevrolet Volt gets a new look, a new powertrain, and more range and power.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The upgrades to the second-gen Volt came as \u201ca bold statement of what can be achieved when you listen to the voice of the customer,\u201d explained Ron Cogan, the award\u2019s organizer and publisher of the Green Car Journal.<\/p>\n

(<\/em>Click Here<\/span><\/a>for a review of the 2016 Chevrolet Volt.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The four other finalists included:<\/p>\n