WASHINGTON , Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Green Car Journal has announced five finalists for the 2012 Green Car Vision Award™ and will make known the winner on Jan. twenty-six during The Washington Auto Show‘s Public Policy Preview Day at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

The 2012 finalists are:

the BMW i3, regulating an all-electric powertrain;
the Cadillac ELR extended-range vehicle, based on the Converj judgment car;
Ford‘s C-MAX Energi, a plug-in hybrid various of the C-MAX multi-activity vehicle;
The Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-Cell, an modernized hydrogen fuel dungeon vehicle; and
Tesla’s Model S seven-passenger electric sedan, powered by the next-generation of Tesla’s powertrain technology.

“While all 5 of this year‘s Green Car Vision Award™ finalists confederate electric drive, they get forward their goal in clearly opposite ways through the use of different electric energy sources,” pronounced Ron Cogan , editor and publishing house of Green Car Journal and editor of GreenCar.com. “It’s this farrago that will bring the kind of choices compulsory to make electric expostulate a force in the marketplace.”

The Green Car Vision Award™ recognizes the many critical vehicle in an endowment year that best envisions the road ahead. To be deliberate for the Green Car Vision Award™, vehicles contingency be in proof on open highways currently or impending commercialization though not nonetheless at large accessible to consumers.

About WANADA and The Washington Auto Show

The 2012 entertainment of the 70th Washington Auto Show in Washington, DC will suggest a showcase of more than 700 vehicles from over 42 made at home and import manufacturers and a special 65,000-square feet exhibit, “The Advanced Technology SuperHighway.” The 2012 Washington Auto Show: “Safety and Sustainability in Motion” opens to the open from Jan. 27-Feb. 5 , at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and is constructed by the Washington Area New Automobile Dealers Association (WANADA). Founded in 1917, WANADA represents more than 225 with all rights reserved brand brand brand new automobile dealers and 75 kindred-line members operating in and around the Capital Beltway, representing the metro Washington, DC auto market.

About Green Car Journal

Today, the award-winning Green Car Journal is famous as the premier source for information on fuel efficiency, low emissions, pick fuels, and modernized technology vehicles. A downloadable representation issue, behind emanate availability, and subscription information can be found at GCJUSA.com.

Contact:Barbara PomeranceDir. of Communications800-697-7574Ron Cogan – Green Car Journal805-541-0477

 

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