I-Volt ne-Ampere "Imoto Yonyaka ka-2012"
I-Chevrolet Volt ne-Opel Ampera yaqanjwa ngokuthi "Izimoto Zonyaka ka-2012". Lo mklomelo ovelele, owethulwe ithimba lezintatheli zezimoto ezingama-59 ezivela emazweni angama-23 ase-Europe, uqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kwesikhathi eside kwe-General Motors ekuthuthukisweni kobuchwepheshe obusha. I-Opel Ampera neChevrolet Volt bawine ngokusobala ngamaphuzu angama-330. Lezi zindawo ezilandelayo zithathwe: VW Up (281 amaphuzu) kanye Ford Focus (256 amaphuzu).
Imiklomelo yokuqala ye-COTY, ukukhethwa kokugcina kwabawinile 
yenziwa embukisweni wezimoto iGeneva Motor Show. U-Karl-Friedrich Stracke, Umqondisi Ophethe we-Opel/Vauxhall, kanye noSusan Docherty, uMongameli kanye noMqondisi Ophethe we-Chevrolet Europe, ngokuhlanganyela bamukele umklomelo ku-Hakan Matson, uSihlalo we-COTY Jury.
Amamodeli e-Ampera kanye neVolt ngokuhlanganyela awine esigabeni sokugcina somncintiswano, lapho kuqhudelana khona abantu abayisikhombisa. Sekukonke, imikhiqizo emisha engama-2012 yemakethe yezimoto ibambe iqhaza emzabalazweni wesihloko esithi "Car of the Year 35". Indlela yokukhetha esetshenziswa abahluleli yayisekelwe ezicini ezifana nokuklama, ukunethezeka, ukusebenza, ubuchwepheshe obusha nokusebenza kahle - amamodeli e-Ampera neVolt kuzo zonke lezi zigaba.
"Siyaziqhenya ngalo mklomelo oyingqayizivele, owethulwa yijaji lezintatheli zezimoto ezihlonishwayo zaseYurophu," kusho uSusan Docherty, uMongameli kanye noMqondisi Ophethe we-Chevrolet Europe. "Sikufakazele ukuthi izimoto zikagesi ziyajabulisa ukuzishayela, zithembekile futhi zilungele impilo yabasebenzisi besimanje."
“Sijabulile ukuthi imoto yethu esebenza ngogesi iphumelele izimbangi eziqine kangaka. Siyaziqhenya ngalo mklomelo,” kusho uCarl-Friedrich Stracke, uMqondisi Ophethe wakwa-Opel/Vauxhall. "Lo mklomelo usikhuthaza ukuthi siqhubeke nomsebenzi wethu wokuphayona emkhakheni wokuhamba ngogesi."
I-Volt ne-Ampera bathole imiklomelo eminingi yamazwe ngamazwe, kuhlanganise 
2011 World Green Car of the Year kanye 2011 North American Car of the Year iziqu. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, eYurophu, izimoto zazihlukaniswa izinga eliphezulu lokuphepha, okwabanika, phakathi kwezinye izinto, isilinganiso esiphezulu sezinkanyezi ezinhlanu ekuhlolweni kwe-Euro NCAP.
I-Opel Ampera kanye ne-Chevrolet Volt izimoto zikagesi zokuqala ezinwetshiwe emakethe. Amandla kagesi angu-111 kW/150 hp. ibhethri ye-lithium-ion enamandla angu-16 kWh. Ngokuya ngesitayela sokushayela kanye nezimo zomgwaqo, izimoto zingahamba phakathi kwamakhilomitha angama-40 no-80 ngemodi yokushayela engakhiphi. Amasondo ezimoto ahlala esebenza ngogesi. Kumodi yokushayela ethuthukisiwe, eyenziwa yasebenza lapho ibhethri ifinyelela izinga lokushaja elincane, injini evuthayo yangaphakathi iqala futhi ishayele ijeneretha enika amandla idrayivu kagesi. Kule modi, uhla lwezimoto lukhuphuka lube amakhilomitha angama-500.
