{"id":103137,"date":"2016-01-25T13:39:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T18:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=103137"},"modified":"2016-01-25T15:49:58","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T20:49:58","slug":"makers-tallying-up-awards-for-expanding-green-vehicle-offerings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2016\/01\/makers-tallying-up-awards-for-expanding-green-vehicle-offerings\/","title":{"rendered":"Makers Tallying Up Awards for Expanding Green Vehicle Offerings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Green Car Publisher Ron Cogan, Chevy Marketing Director Steve Mojoras and the 2016 Volt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Remember the 1990s when we had GM\u2019s EV1 and a few other fringe green vehicles? Of course, automakers began figuring out many of the mysteries of battery electric vehicles as well as other ways to make new vehicles more environmentally friendly and the proliferation began.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re going to have more than one \u201cgreen\u201d vehicle that means someone\u2019s vehicle\u2019s got to be the best, right? And that means an award: the Green Car of the Year.<\/p>\n

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Remember the 2000s when we had the Green Car of the Year award from the Green Car Journal? Well, like the vehicles themselves, the awards have grown with the offerings \u2013 the first was the Mercury Mariner in 2006 \u2013 and at last week\u2019s Washington, D.C. auto show, the online magazine named its winners in five categories.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are stand-out vehicles in an increasingly sophisticated and appealing field of \u2018green\u2019 cars. To make the cut as a finalist is a real achievement in itself considering the considerable competition in the market today,\u201d said Ron Cogan, editor and publisher of Green Car Journal and Cars of Change.<\/p>\n

\u201cRising to the top as award winners means these three exceptional vehicles set a benchmark in the auto industry\u2019s effort to create vehicles that are desirable and efficient, while also achieving environmental milestones so important for our driving future.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Mazda captures most-efficient brand title again. For more, <\/em><\/strong>Click Here<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Green Car of the Year was the Chevy Volt. The plug-in beat out the Audi A3 e-tron, the fourth-generation Toyota Prius, the Hyundai Sonata and Honda Civic. The award now carries quite a bit weight with automakers and consumers: companies include the honor in their promotion of winning vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u201cChevrolet is all about bringing affordable electrification to our customers, and that is exactly what we did with the Volt\u201d said Steve Majoros, Chevrolet marketing director. \u201cFor Volt to stand out in Green Car\u2019s evaluation, it reaffirms Chevrolet\u2019s commitment to being a leader in electrification.\u201d<\/p>\n

The awards handed out last week include:<\/p>\n