Green Fleet Car And Truck Of The Year Award Winners To Be Announced At 2014 LA Auto Show

Criteria includes fuel economy, EPA air pollution and greenhouse gas scores and more

- Panel of esteemed judges and readers to rate each entry

LOS ANGELES -- Sept. 25, 2014: Bobit Business Media, announced today that it will present the first-ever Green Fleet Car and Truck of the Year Awards at the 2014 Connected City Summit on Nov. 20, as part of the Los Angeles Auto Show's Connected Car ExpoŽ (CCE). The Green Fleet Car and Truck of the Year awards recognize the most environmentally-friendly cars and trucks on the market and emphasize the auto industry's expanding efforts to offer new vehicles with higher fuel efficiencies and a smaller environmental impact.

Bobit Business Media will select three finalists in each category, car and truck fleet of the year, based on submissions by OEMs. The finalists will then be voted upon by the readers of Green Fleet, Automotive Fleet, Work Truck and Business Fleet magazines through an online ballot.

The winners will be selected based on a strategic evaluation of their performance and contributions to the environment, as well as a numerical score that is calculated based on the following publically available criteria: fuel economy, petroleum displacement, EPA air pollution score, EPA greenhouse gas emissions, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Association ratings and passenger capacity for cars and payload capacity for trucks. To develop the award criteria and identify the finalists, Bobit collaborated with and received technical assistance from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Argonne National Laboratory, which support the U.S. Department of Energy's National Clean Cities program.

"Fuel efficient, environmentally-friendly cars continue to be a hot topic," said LA Auto Show President, Lisa Kaz. "We are excited to include the Green Fleet Awards this year and shed some light on the cars and trucks that make the most positive impact on the environment."

For additional information on CCE and the LA Auto Show please visit: Connected Car Expo and LA Auto Show .