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| Honda took home the Greenest Automaker title for the fifth year in a row from the Union of Concerned Scientists last week. The company narrowly beat Toyota and Hyundai for the top spot.
UCS's rankings judge automakers' environmental performance on a smog-per-mile basis, along with global-warming emissions for the entire fleet. The average of the top eight automakers is considered 100, where a lower score is better, higher is worse.
Volkswagen, Nissan, Ford, General Motors and Chrysler rounded out the top eight, accounting for 92 percent of cars sold worldwide.
This year's rankings saw improvement from all automakers, though the Detroit Three still ended up in the bottom half. Fleet average global-warming emissions continue to be a factor in the rankings, but as new standards are phased in, the UCS said it expects to see progress in that segment as well.
“One of the analysis' clear findings is that clean-car policies work,” said Jim Kliesch, a senior engineer in USC's clean-vehicles program. “There's great ingenuity in the auto industry, and better products are already beginning to reach the market. In the coming years, stronger standards will guarantee that consumers reap these benefits.”
Honda scored an 86 in the study, which makes it 14 percent cleaner than the average vehicle on the road. Toyota and Hyundai were right behind with an 87. Volkswagen came in fourth with a score of 90, Nissan got a 93 and Ford, the cleanest of the American manufacturers, scored a 108. GM was just behind in seventh with a 109. Chrysler landed at last on the list with a 113, a position it's held for four of the past five studies.
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