New York- Smart consumers will switch consume goods environmentally friendly, one of the cars ‘green’. Noted there are 13 cars that are considered the most environmentally friendly in 2013.
With many emerging hybrid cars and electric cars, of course, become increasingly stringent automotive competition. Moreover, it turns out these cars should be fairly ‘green’.
American Council for Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) ranks the cars ‘green’ in 2013, as reported by forbes.
Among the 13 cars below, the Toyota Prius hybrid car to be the most popular and best selling reached between similar cars in the United States.
The 13 most environmentally friendly cars in 2013:
1. Toyota Prius c
green score: 58. MPG:53/46 mpg.
2. Honda Fit EV
green score: 57. MPG (electric equivalent): 132/105 mpg.
3. Toyota Prius
green score: 55. MPG: 51/48.
4. Prius Plug-In Hybrid
green score: 55. MPG (electicity plus gasoline): 95 kombinasi city/highway. MPG (gasoline only): 51/49.
5. Honda Civic Hybrid
green score: 55. MPG: 44/44.
6. Honda Insight
green score: 54. MPG: 41/44.
7. Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid
green score: 53. MPG: 42/48.
8. Smart Fortwo
green score: 53. MPG: 34/38.
9. Scion iQ
green score: 53. MPG: 36/37.
10. Ford Focus Electric
green score: 52. MPG (electric equivalent): 110/99.
11. Toyota Prius V
green score: 52. MPG: 44/40.
12. Ford Fusion Hybrid
green score: 51. MPG: 47/47.
13. Ford C-MAX Hybrid
green score: 51. MPG: 47/47.
The cars were given a score or value ‘green’ based on fuel efficiency, and the lack of carbon emissions.
Green score is also given to the low car pollutants, fumes such as hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, carbon monoxide and formaldehyde.
Cars that produce a lot of greenhouse gases, thus contributing to environmental changes not included in the rankings. The cars are usually high in carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, methane and other compounds.
Score Green also consider factors such as the estimated emissions for the vehicle manufacturing process, the impact of disposal and (if possible) the practice of natural gas extraction and energy sources used to generate electricity in an electric car.