Least and Most Polluting Cars

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

The ACEEE's Green Book®, a buyer's guide to environmentally friendly passenger vehicles, rates cars according to their emissions and fuel consumption, and publishes an annual list of the "greenest" and "meanest" (i.e., most polluting). Here's the list for 2019 cars.

Greenest vehicles MPG:
city1		 MPG:
hwy.1		 Green2
score
1. Hyundai Ioniq Electric 4.7 3.8 67
2. Hyundai Ioniq Blue 57 59 65
2. BMW i3 3.7 3.0 65
4. Honda Clarity Electric 3.7 3.1 64
5. Kia Soul Electric 3.7 2.8 63
6. Nissan Leaf 3.7 3.0 63
7. Honda Insight 55 49 63
8. Hyundai Kona Electric 4.1 3.2 63
9. Volkswagen e-Golf 3.7 3.3 62
10. Toyota Camry Hybrid LE 51 53 62
Meanest vehicles MPG:
city		 MPG:
hwy.		 Green2
score
1. Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk 4X4 11 17 25
2. Toyota Sequoia 13 17 27
3. Mercedes-Benz 12 18 28
3. Mercedes-Benz G550 13 17 28
3. Toyota Tundra 13 17 28
3. Lexus LX 570 13 18 28
3. Mercedes-Benz AMG GLS63 13 18 28
8. Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT 4x4 13 19 29
8. Toyota Land Cruiser Wagon 13 18 29
8. Dodge Durango SRt 13 19 29
8. Land Rover Range Rover LWD SVA 13 19 29
8. Nissan Armada 13 18 29
NOTE: MPG = miles per gallon. 1. Fuel economy for electric vehicles is provided in miles per kilowatt-hour. 2. The green score runs on a scale from 0 to 100. The top vehicle this year scored a 59, and the worst gas-guzzler scored 23. The score is based on automakers' test results for fuel economy and emissions as reported to the EPA, as well as an estimate of pollution from vehicle manufacturing, from the production and distribution of fuel, and from vehicle tailpipes. It also factors in air pollution. Source: Web: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).

 

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