The Green Champion
Voted Motor Trend magazine’s 2011 Car of the Year and the 2011 Green Car of the Year by Green Car Journal, the Chevrolet Volt is an electric car that easily transitions to gas when needed. Its 16-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery backed by a 100,000-mile/eight-year warranty can be fully charged in 10 hours using a 120-volt line, or in four hours using a line of 240 volts. The Volt reaches a maximum of 100 mph with little noise. Its technology drives not only fuel efficiency but also many of the Volt’s features, such as Automatic Crash Response, which is included in the five-year subscription to On-Star, which notifies authorities and provides critical crash details. The price after tax-savings of $7,500 is $32,780.