In addition to complete green rating coverage for the model year 2000 fleet, we've added some extras to better enable consumers to comparison shop with the environment in mind. This year sees the first hybrid-electric vehicle reaching the U.S. market. Concern about the environment is becoming a bigger factor in the car market each year, and with good reason.
Consumers realize that cleaner automobiles are important for protecting the environment.
Cars and trucks harm the planet in two major ways. One is through tailpipe emissions of smog-causing air pollutants. The other is through fuel consumption, a leading cause of climate-threatening global warming pollution. Our Green Scores account for both forms of pollution, as well as environmental impacts at auto factories, petroleum refineries, and power plants. To make it easy to find the greenest models, we identify the best-scoring vehicles in each class.