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IIHS awards Chevrolet Volt & Nissan Leaf top ratings in 1st US crash tests of mainstream electric cars

Green Car Congress

The addition of the 2 electric cars brings to 80 the number of award winners so far for 2011, including 7 hybrid models. Results for the GEM e2 and Wheego Whip were starkly different from results for the Volt and Leaf. That lifts General Motors’ current model tally to 12 and Nissan’s to 3.

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