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.
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
Image: 2011 Nissan Leaf SL 10 28 2011
The Green Car of the Year is a Car of the Year award from the Green Car Journal.
The winner is selected by an 11-member panel comprising automotive and environmental experts. Invited jurors have included Mario Andretti; Carroll Shelby, Jay Leno, Carl Pope, Christopher Flavin, Jonathan Lash and Jean-Michel Cousteau.
The 2011 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid was awarded the 2011 Green Car of the Year.
The 2013 Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid was awarded the 2013 Green Car of the Year together with the EcoBoost gasoline engine option, and the conventional hybrid variant.
The 2014 BMW i3 was awarded the 2015 Green Car of the Year.
