Green Auto Leadership: Honda and Toyota Blank Detroit
Union of Concerned Scientists ranks the greenest automakers and for the fourth time in a row, Honda leads the rankings as the greenest. Toyota is a close second, after reducing its global warming pollution. And, Detroit automakers bring up the rear. ...
... "MacKenzie analyzed the performance of 10 classes of vehicles produced by the
eight automakers which comprise 96 percent of the U.S. car and light truck market in model year 2005. Each automaker was rated on how its vehicles compared to the industry average on global warming and smog-forming pollution. Cars and light trucks account for 25 percent of the nation's global warming pollution and 20 percent of its smog-forming pollution.
Honda and Toyota had better-than-average global warming scores in every class in which they competed. Despite producing pickup trucks and large SUVs, Toyota's use of emissions-cutting technology across its entire fleet helped it to pull up just behind Honda, which did not compete in these vehicle classes. " ...
Via Union of Concerned Scientists: Green Automaker Rankings