Volt da Ampere "Motar na Shekarar 2012"
An kira Chevrolet Volt da Opel Ampera "Cars of the Year 2012". Wannan babbar lambar yabo, wadda alkalai na alkalan jaridu 59 daga kasashen Turai 23 suka bayar, ta tabbatar da dadewar da kamfanin General Motors ya yi na bunkasa fasahar kere-kere. Opel Ampera da Chevrolet Volt sun yi nasara a fili da maki 330. Wuraren da aka ɗauka sune: VW Up (maki 281) da Ford Focus (maki 256).
Kyautar COTY na farko, zaɓi na ƙarshe na mai nasara 
An yi shi a Geneva Motor Show. Karl-Friedrich Stracke, Manajan Darakta na Opel/Vauxhall, da Susan Docherty, Shugaba da Manajan Darakta na Chevrolet Turai, tare da hadin gwiwar sun karbi kyautar daga Hakan Matson, Shugaban Hukumar Shari'ar COTY.
Motocin Ampera da Volt tare sun yi nasara a matakin karshe na gasar, inda 'yan takara bakwai suka fafata. A cikin duka, 2012 sababbin samfurori na kasuwar motoci sun shiga cikin gwagwarmayar taken "Motar na Shekarar 35". Sharuɗɗan zaɓin da alkalai suka yi amfani da su sun dogara ne akan halaye kamar ƙira, jin daɗi, aiki, fasaha mai ƙima da inganci - ƙirar Ampera da Volt a duk waɗannan nau'ikan.
Susan Docherty, Shugaba da Manajan Darakta na Chevrolet Turai ta ce "Muna alfahari da wannan lambar yabo ta musamman, wanda alkalai na fitattun 'yan jaridun ketare na Turai suka bayar." "Mun tabbatar da cewa motocin lantarki suna da daɗi don tuƙi, abin dogaro kuma sun dace da salon rayuwar mai amfani da zamani."
"Mun yi farin ciki da cewa motar mu ta juyin juya hali ta yi nasara a kan fafatawa a gasar. Muna alfahari da wannan kyautar,” in ji Karl-Friedrich Stracke, Manajan Daraktan Opel/Vauxhall. "Wannan lambar yabo tana ƙarfafa mu mu ci gaba da aikinmu na farko a fannin motsin lantarki."
Volt da Ampera sun sami lambobin yabo na duniya da yawa, ciki har da 
Shekarar 2011 Koren Motar Duniya na Shekara da 2011 Motar Arewacin Amurka na Shekarar. A gefe guda, a Turai, an bambanta motocin da babban matakin tsaro, wanda ya ba su, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, matsakaicin darajar taurari biyar a cikin gwajin NCAP na Euro.
Motocin Opel Ampera da Chevrolet Volt sune kewayon farko na motocin lantarki a kasuwa. Samar da wutar lantarki don 111 kW / 150 hp motar lantarki. baturi ne na lithium-ion mai karfin 16 kWh. Ya danganta da salon tuki da yanayin titi, motoci na iya tafiya tsakanin kilomita 40 zuwa 80 cikin yanayin tuki mara fitar da hayaki. Ana yin amfani da ƙafafun mota ta hanyar wutar lantarki. A cikin yanayin tuƙi mai ci gaba, kunna lokacin da baturi ya kai matakin caji mafi ƙanƙanta, injin konewa na ciki yana farawa kuma yana motsa janareta wanda ke ba da wutar lantarki. A wannan yanayin, ana ƙara yawan kewayon motoci zuwa kilomita 500.
