Best 'green' vehicles of 2014 featured at Next Green Car Awards
Tue 18 November 2014
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The winners of the Next Green Car Awards 2014 have been announced, highlighting this year’s best green cars to come onto the market. Awards were made across eleven vehicle categories including two new categories Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) and Light Commercial Vans (LCV) as well as the 'Next Generation’ Award, which includes new technology models close to market launch.
The eleven winners are selected from shortlists of thirty-six of the UK’s greenest new cars of 2014, all selected for their environmental Next Green Car Rating (NGC Rating), level of innovation, value, drive experience and design.
Managing Editor of Next Green Car, Dr Ben Lane, said “The 2014 winners reflect three key green car developments: the electrification of the drive-train (including fully electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids), the continuing improvements in fuel efficiency (for all fuels), and the realisation that petrols may have the environmental edge over diesels for urban use.
“While all the winners and commended entries are highly innovative in the power-train technologies they employ, they also share the objective of wanting to improve the driver experience. In the coming years, ergonomics is set to become as important as engineering in the drive to design green and efficient vehicles."
The winners and commended entries of the Next Car Awards 2014 are:
City Car Award 2014
WINNER: Volkswagen e-up! electric – CO2: 0 g/km
Supermini Award 2014
WINNER: Vauxhall Corsa 1.0 Ecotec – CO2: 100 g/km
Small Family Award 2014
WINNER: Peugeot 308 1.6 BlueHDi – CO2: 82 g/km
Large Family Award 2014
WINNER: Ford Mondeo 2.0 Hybrid– CO2: 99 g/km
Crossover Award 2014
WINNER: Citroen C4 Cactus 1.6 BlueHDi – CO2: 87 g/km
Family Estate Award 2014
WINNER: Audi A3 Sportback e-tron – CO2: 37 g/km
MPV Award 2014
WINNER: BMW 2 Series Active Tourer 216d – CO2: 99 g/km
SUV Award 2014
WINNER: Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV – CO2: 44 g/km
Executive Award 2014
WINNER: Tesla Model S electric – CO2: 0 g/km
LCV Award 2014
WINNER: Nissan e-NV200 Combi – CO2: 0 g/km
Next Generation Award 2014
WINNER: Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive – CO2: 0 g/km
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