Volt le Ampere "Koloi ea Selemo ea 2012"
Chevrolet Volt le Opel Ampera ba ile ba rehoa "Likoloi tsa Selemo sa 2012". Khau ena ea maemo a holimo, e hlahisitsoeng ke lekhotla la baqolotsi ba litaba ba likoloi ba 59 ba tsoang linaheng tse 23 tsa Europe, e tiisa boitlamo ba nako e telele ba General Motors ho nts'etsopele ea mahlale a macha. Opel Ampera le Chevrolet Volt e bile bahloli ba hlakileng ka lintlha tse 330. Libaka tse latelang li nkiloe ke: VW Up (lintlha tse 281) le Ford Focus (lintlha tse 256).
Likhau tsa pele tsa COTY, khetho ea ho qetela ea motho ea hapileng 
e entsoe ho Geneva Motor Show. Karl-Friedrich Stracke, Mookameli oa Opel/Vauxhall, le Susan Doherty, Mopresidente le Motsamaisi e Moholo oa Chevrolet Europe, ka kopanelo ba amohetse khau ho tsoa ho Hakan Matson, Molula-setulo oa COTY Jury.
Mehlala ea Ampera le Volt ka kopanelo e hapile mokhahlelo oa ho qetela oa tlholisano, moo bonkgetheng ba supileng ba ileng ba qothisana lehlokoa. Ka kakaretso, lihlahisoa tse ncha tse 2012 tsa 'maraka oa likoloi li ile tsa kenya letsoho ntoeng ea sehlooho sa "Car of the Year 35". Mekhoa ea khetho e sebelisoang ke lekhotla la boahloli e ne e ipapisitse le litšoaneleho tse kang moralo, boiketlo, ts'ebetso, theknoloji e ncha le katleho - mefuta ea Ampera le Volt mefuteng ena kaofela.
"Re motlotlo ka moputso ona o ikhethang, o hlahisitsoeng ke lekhotla la baqolotsi ba litaba ba likoloi ba Europe," ho boletse Susan Docherty, Mopresidente le Mookameli oa Chevrolet Europe. "Re pakile hore likoloi tsa motlakase li monate ho khanna, li ka tšeptjoa ebile li loketse mokhoa oa bophelo oa basebelisi ba sejoale-joale."
"Re thabile hore ebe koloi ea rona ea phetoho ea motlakase e hapile bahlolisani ba matla hakana. Re motlotlo ka kgau ena,” ho boletse Carl-Friedrich Stracke, Motsamaisi e Moholo wa Opel/Vauxhall. "Khau ena e re khothalletsa ho tsoela pele ka mosebetsi oa rona oa bopula-maliboho lefapheng la ho tsamaisa motlakase."
Volt le Ampera li amohetse likhau tse ngata tsa machabeng, ho kenyeletsoa 
2011 World Green Car of the Year le 2011 North American Car of the Year. Ka lehlakoreng le leng, Europe, likoloi li ne li khetholloa ke boemo bo phahameng ba tšireletso, e leng se ileng sa ba fa, har'a lintho tse ling, tekanyo e phahameng ea linaleli tse hlano litekong tsa Euro NCAP.
Opel Ampera le Chevrolet Volt ke likoloi tsa pele tse atolositsoeng tsa motlakase 'marakeng. Phepelo ea motlakase bakeng sa 111 kW/150 hp enjene ea motlakase. ke betri ea lithium-ion e nang le matla a 16 kWh. Ho ipapisitsoe le mokhoa oa ho khanna le maemo a litsela, likoloi li ka tsamaea lik'hilomithara tse 40 ho isa ho tse 80 ka mokhoa oa ho khanna ntle le moea. Mabili a koloi a lula a tsamaisoa ke motlakase. Mokhoeng oa ho khanna o tsoetseng pele, o kentsoeng ha betri e fihla boemong bo fokolang ba ho tjhaja, enjene e tukang ka hare e qala ebe e khanna jenereithara e matlafatsang koloi ea motlakase. Ka mokhoa ona, lebelo la likoloi le eketseha ho fihla ho lik'hilomithara tse 500.
