Each year, Green Car Reports chooses a new car, or a family of cars, as the best green car introduced in that model year.
In 2011, our very first award, we picked the first-ever modern electric car to be sold in high volumes.
Six years later, we've picked the spiritual successor to that car, one that provides radically higher range at an affordable price.
This year, the Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2017 is the Chevrolet Bolt EV.
DON'T MISS: 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV first drive: 240 miles in an electric car
The all-electric Bolt EV is EPA-rated at 238 miles of range, at a base price of $37,495.
That's the range of a Tesla, for roughly half the price. Pretty remarkable less than five years after the first Tesla Model S rolled off the lines, no?
The Bolt EV is a five-seat, five-door hatchback, with the footprint of a compact car but more interior volume (by a fraction of a cubic foot) than that Model S.....
