Volt a me Ampere "Kaa o ka Makahiki 2012"
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Chevrolet Volt a me Opel Ampera ʻo "Cars of the Year 2012". ʻO kēia makana hanohano, i hāʻawi ʻia e ka jure o 59 mau mea nūpepa automotive mai 23 mau ʻāina ʻEulopa, e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokō lōʻihi o General Motors i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻenehana hou. Ua lanakila ʻo Opel Ampera a me Chevrolet Volt me 330 mau helu. Ua lawe ʻia kēia mau wahi e: VW Up (281 points) a me Ford Focus (256 points).
Nā makana COTY mua loa, koho hope loa o ka mea lanakila 
ua hana ʻia ma ka Geneva Motor Show. Ua ʻae like ʻo Karl-Friedrich Stracke, Luna Hoʻokele o Opel/Vauxhall, a me Susan Doherty, Pelekikena a me Luna Hoʻokele o Chevrolet Europe, i ka makana mai Hakan Matson, luna o ka COTY Jury.
Ua lanakila pū ka Ampera a me Volt i ka pae hope o ka hoʻokūkū, kahi i hoʻokūkū ai nā moho ʻehiku. Ma ka huina, 2012 mau huahana hou o ka mākeke automotive i komo i ka hakakā no ka inoa o "Car of the Year 35". Hoʻokumu ʻia nā pae koho i hoʻohana ʻia e ka jure ma nā ʻano e like me ka hoʻolālā, hōʻoluʻolu, hana, ʻenehana hou a me ka pono - ʻo nā hiʻohiʻona Ampera a me Volt ma kēia mau ʻāpana.
"Haʻaheo mākou i kēia makana kūʻokoʻa, i hōʻike ʻia e kahi papa o nā mea kākau moʻolelo kaʻa ʻEulopa," wahi a Susan Doherty, Pelekikena a me Luna Hoʻokele o Chevrolet Europe. "Ua hōʻoia mākou he leʻaleʻa nā kaʻa uila e hoʻokele, hilinaʻi a kūpono hoʻi no ke ʻano o ka mea hoʻohana hou."
"Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka lanakila ʻana o kā mākou kaʻa uila kipi i nā mea hoʻokūkū ikaika. Haʻaheo mākou i kēia makana, "wahi a Carl-Friedrich Stracke, Luna Hoʻokele o Opel/Vauxhall. "Ke paipai nei kēia makana iā mākou e hoʻomau i kā mākou hana paionia ma ke kahua o ka mobility uila."
Ua loaʻa i ka Volt a me Ampera nā makana honua he nui, me 
2011 World Green Car o ka Makahiki a me 2011 North American Car of the Year titles. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ma ʻEulopa, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā kaʻa e kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka palekana, i hāʻawi iā lākou, ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ka helu kiʻekiʻe ʻelima-hōkū ma nā hoʻokolohua Euro NCAP.
ʻO ka Opel Ampera a me Chevrolet Volt nā kaʻa uila mua loa ma ka mākeke. Hāʻawi mana no 111 kW/150 hp kaʻa uila. he pākahiko lithium-ion me ka mana o 16 kWh. Ma muli o ke ʻano hoʻokele a me nā kūlana alanui, hiki i nā kaʻa ke holo ma waena o 40 a 80 mau kilomita ma ke ʻano hoʻokele hoʻokuʻu ʻole. Hoʻohana mau ʻia nā huila kaʻa e ka uila. Ma ke ʻano hoʻokele kiʻekiʻe, hoʻāla ʻia i ka wā i hiki ai ka pākaukau i ka pae haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, hoʻomaka ka ʻenekini hoʻopau i loko a hoʻokele i ka mīkini hana e hoʻoikaika ai i ke kaʻa uila. Ma kēia ʻano, hoʻonui ʻia ka laulā o nā kaʻa i 500 mau kilomita.
