Green Car Vision Award

The Nissan Leaf (top) was awarded the 2010 Green Car Vision Award, and the Chevrolet Volt (bottom) the 2009 award.
2012 Green Car Vision Award won by the Ford C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid

The Green Car Vision Award is an annual award granted by the Green Car Journal. In contrast with its Green Car of the Year award, which only considers production vehicles that make the most significant environmental advancements, the Green Car Vision Award considers pre-production vehicles with more than one functional prototype in existence and that may be in the early stages of commercialization. Vehicles that are part of a demonstration fleet or other program that finds them regularly driven by people other than employees of their manufacturer may also be considered. Nominees may also include a modification of an existing vehicle model, such as a conversion to another type of power like electric drive.[1]

The Green Car Vision Award was created in 2008, and the winners were announced at the Washington Auto Show.[2] In 2013 the award was changed to Green Car Technology Award, which unlike the previous award, is not limited to a specific car model.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference GCJ2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell Wins Green Car Vision Award". The Auto Channel. 2008-01-23. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
  3. ^ "Green Car Awards Go to Mazda, Ford". Archived from the original on 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2014-04-21.