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LOS ANGELES, October 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – - Winner to be Announced at the LA Auto Show Nov. 17 Green Car Journal announced its five finalists for the 2012 Green Car of the Year® award today. For the seventh consecutive year, the Green Car of the Year® honors environmental leadership in the automotive field, with the winner being announced during a press conference at the Los Angeles Auto Show Press Days on Nov. 17. This year’s five finalists include the 2012 Ford Focus Electric, 2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas, 2012 Mitsubishi i, 2012 Toyota Prius v and 2012 Volkswagen Passat...

Green Car of the Year Finalists Announced Posted: Oct. 08, 2009 10:10 a.m. Steady gas prices have made Kermit's words come true: It's not easy being green. Still, despite American car buyers not exactly being red-hot for green cars, automakers are rolling them out, determined to meet government deadlines for fuel economy standards and emissions -- as well as being prepared for the next time gas prices spike and car shoppers start clamoring for the latest in alternative fuel and ultra-efficient cars. The L.A.Times says "diesels and hybrids dominate the roster of finalists for the 2010 Green Car of the...

LISTEN ONLINE TO KABC Ron Cogan, editor and publisher of Green Car Journal, is one of the top automotive writers in the country. He is often quoted on MSNBC and newspapers. Ron will be discussing with Al Rantel the Green Car of the Year, which his magazine names each year at the L.A. Auto Show. I've done some writing for his newsletter and magazine and worked on several ride and drive events. It was at a ride and drive a few years ago in San Francisco where I nailed Arianna Huffington caught in a Chevy Suburban. She was mocked...

GEARHEADS IN GREEN Veteran auto writer pioneered Green Car Journal when Detroit was centered on bigger-is-better Michael Taylor, Chronicle Auto Editor Sunday, May 20, 2007 (05-20) 04:00 PDT San Luis Obispo -- Green Car Journal, a magazine devoted to writing about cars that are powered by something other than just gasoline, is the kind of publication that, when you think about it, could only have been invented by a Car Guy -- if it had been started by a Greenie, such as Al Gore, it just wouldn't have worked. Frankly, it wouldn't have had the true gearhead spirit, let alone...

Mercury Mariner Hybrid Named 2006 Green Car of the Year LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ --- The 2006 Mercury Mariner Hybrid -- Lincoln-Mercury division's first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle -- has been named Green Car Journal's 2006 Green Car of the Year. The award was presented by Green Car Journal editor and publisher Ron Cogan at a press conference this afternoon at the Los Angeles Auto Show. "The hybrid Mariner is the right idea at the right time," says Roland Hwang, vehicles policy director at the Natural Resources Defense Council. "To regain its competitive edge, Detroit must come to grips with...

Sierra Club: Waiting List for Hybrid Vehicles Longer than Wait for Organ Transplants SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Oct. 8 -- In the Fall 2004 issue of the Green Car Journal consumer magazine, Sierra Club executive director Carl Pope points out in an interview that, “right now, in many American cities, the waiting list to get a hybrid vehicle is longer than the waiting list to get an organ transplant.” That’s not a good thing. But with Toyota increasing production capacity of its immensely popular Prius, the long-awaited Ford Escape Hybrid SUV poised to enter the market, and the Honda Accord...