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2010 Green Car of the Year finalists - three hybrids, two diesels - announced

Last year, Volkswagen's Jetta TDI was named the 2009 Green Car of the Year at the LA Auto Show, which means that the Volkswagen Golf TDI has a bit of baggage if it wants to try and win the 2010 award. Regardless, the Golf was named one of five finalists today, along with the Audi A3 TDI, the Honda Insight, the Mercury Milan Hybrid and the Toyota Prius. Odd that the Mercury would be chosen above the Ford Fusion hybrid, but so it goes. That makes is two diesels and three hybrids vying for top spot. The Green Car of the Year award is given ... Read more →

International Car of the Year announces Earth, Wind & Power Awards

Another green car of the year award, huh? In what seems to be an emerging trend, the International Car of the Year jury will add the Earth, Wind & Power (EWP) trophy for both cars and trucks to ...

World Green Car of the Year nominees announced; AutoblogGreen plays special role

It's that time of the year again. Last year, BMW managed to snag the top honors for World Green Car of the Year with its little 118d, beating out stiff oil-burning competition from Volkswagen and ...

LA 2008: Green Car of the Year is the Volkswagen Jetta TDI

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/VW_Jetta_TDI_named_Green_Car_of_the_Year'; 8:45 am - So, the choices for the 2009 Green Car of the Year are: BMW 335d Ford Fusion hybrid Saturn ...

POLL: 2009 Green Car of the Year finalists announced

The editors at Green Car Journal have announced their picks to succeed the Chevy Tahoe hybrid as the Green Car of the Year. The five finalists for 2009 cover all the bases including hybrid, diesel ...

AutoblogGreen on the Radio 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Listen in to a fascinating conversation that took place yesterday on green car politics, featured on the radio show, "Your Call." (KALW, 91.7 FM, San Francisco, CA). The show gave me a chance to discuss some of my research on "The Clean Car Movement," and also featured Meghan Sinott (Organizer for ...

Mercedes-Benz E320 wins World Green Car award 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Mercedes-Benz E320 Bluetec today was named 2007 World Green Car. The E320 beat out the BMW Hydrogen 7 and the Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion for the honor. The initial entry list had 14 contenders, including the Saab 9-5 BioPower flex-fuel, Fiat Panda, Citroen C2 Stop & Start and Subaru R1e. ...

ABG POLL RESULTS: You choose the World Green car of the year 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In a recent story on the finalists for the World Green Car of the Year, we added a poll allowing you express your opinion. In addition to the official finalists, the VW Polo BlueMotion, BMW Hydrogen 7, Mercedes E320 BlueTec, we threw in the new Smart ForTwo and the perennial favorite Toyota Prius. ...



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