Green Car of the Year

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 (Sierra Club), Christopher Flavin (Worldwatch Institute), Jonathan Lash (World Resources Institute) and Jean-Michel Cousteau (Ocean Futures Society).

A separate Green Truck of the Year award was launched in 2015.

[1] In early October 2015, the 2009 and 2010 awards were rescinded as a result of the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

2008 Green Car of the Year logo
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.