Topic: Fuel Economy - A Pollution Scorecard for New Cars - New York Times

A LIST released last week of what are said to be the 12 greenest vehicles sold in the United States includes nine made by Japanese automakers, two by Europeans and only one from the Detroit companies. The list was compiled by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, a Washington-based nonprofit group financed by foundations, other nonprofit groups, electric utilities and state and federal agencies, as part of its 2008 Green Book Online. However, there are so many vehicles and so many assembly plants that Therese Langer, transportation director of the council, acknowledged that rating individual vehicles required both averaging and estimating. The other green vehicles are the Honda Civic Hybrid, Smart ForTwo, Toyota Yaris , Toyota Corolla , Mini Cooper and Mini Cooper Clubman, Honda Civic and Honda Fit. The list of worst vehicles includes high-performance sports cars, huge trucks and vehicles with diesel engines. Despite the report’s conclusions, all of the light-duty diesel vehicles currently offered in the United States use new technology designed for the low-sulfur fuel that is now available. read more

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