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    GMs Chevy Volt Drives Off with Green Car of the Year Award at the LA Auto Show

    This year’s LA Auto Show has been moved up on the calendar, and that seems to have given it a boost that’s appropriate to America’s biggest market for cars. And it comes at the right time for a new generation of automobiles—with the accent on Green.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    This year’s LA Auto Show has been moved up on the calendar, and that seems to have given it a boost that’s appropriate to America’s biggest market for cars. And it comes at the right time for a new generation of automobiles—with the accent on Green. Motor Trend magazine has made the Chevy Volt its car of the year, but Motor Trend isn’t the only one.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Angus MacKenzie

      Motor Trend magazine

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    LA County Bans Plastic Bags
    1. 0:00Tanks Roll Into Afghanistan as NATO Meets
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    3. 38:41GMs Chevy Volt Drives Off with Green Car of the Year Award at the LA Auto ShowYou’re reading this
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