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Which green cars didn't make the cut for Best Car To Buy award?

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We have a slim field of only three new green cars this year competing for the Green Car Reports 2017 Best Car To Buy award. They are the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, the 2016 Tesla Model X, and the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime.

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One of these 3 cars will be Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2017

Green Car Reports

The past year has been one of anticipation among green-car advocates, who've spent many months waiting for certain vehicles to emerge into production. These days, it's the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV.

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Past Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy winners: the recap

Green Car Reports

On Monday, Green Car Reports will name its 2017 Best Car To Buy. It will be the seventh time we've given the award, and it's worth looking back to see how far green cars have progressed in those seven years.

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Green Car Reports 2017 Best Car To Buy nominee: Toyota Prius Prime

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The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime is a far, far better plug-in hybrid than its predecessor. It defaults to electric-only operation, it has 25 miles of EPA-rated electric range, and in electric operation, it is by far the most energy-efficient vehicle you can buy this year in the U.S.

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Chevrolet Bolt EV: Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2017

Green Car Reports

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.

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Best Car To Buy 2017, LA Auto Show preview, VW criminal charges: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we name our Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2017, preview green cars for the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show, and see why Volkswagen may have a difficult time settling pending criminal charges. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Finalist for Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2018: Nissan Leaf

Green Car Reports

If any electric car aside from the Tesla Model 3 can be called "long-awaited," it would be the redesigned 2018 Nissan Leaf. First thought to arrive as a 2016 model, it was widely assumed to be a 2017 to go head-to-head with the 238-mile Chevrolet Bolt EV launched last December.

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