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Driving Green, Green Car Ratings – Navigating the Confusion
October 22, 2007, InvestorIdeas.com, Delta, B.C.
By Dawn Van Zant
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As consumers, myself included, search for their next car and try to make an educated choice in purchasing a green or environmentally friendly car- there are a lot of car-rating sites to sift through. There are a lot of opinions and several rating systems that may confuse newbie green consumers.
There is the Yahoo! Autos Green Car ( autos.yahoo.com/ green_center) rating, listing the top 100 cars. Here are some of the leaders on their list: leading the pack, the 2007 Honda Civic Hybrid CVT Electric with 51/49 mpg, the 2007 Toyota Prius Touring 86 Hybrid - Electric with 51/60 mpg, the 2007 Honda Civic GX 5-Spd AT 85 Natural Gas with 39/28 mpg, the 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid 4-Door Sedan with 38/40 mpg , the 2007 Ford Focus 5-Door Hatchback SES with 37/27 mpg, the 2007 Ford Escape Hybrid FWD Hybrid - Electric with 31/36 mpg, the 2007 Toyota Yaris S with 39/34 mpg and some other non hybrid top cars being the 2007 MINI Cooper HT 76 with 40/32 mpg , the Hyundai Elantra Limited and the 2007 Honda Fit Sport 5-Spd with 38/33 – one my 21 year old daughter has fallen for – obviously appealing to the younger demographics.
Then I read Tree Huggers “Top 10 Sexiest Green Cars”, for a more discerning and affluent green consumer naming their top ten as: 1. Tesla Roadster, 2. Lighting, 3. Venturi Fetish, 4. Eco One, 5. PML Mini QED, 6. Audi R10 TDI, 7. Lola B2K, 8. Zap-X, 9. Aurora and 10. Smartuki.
You can find the list and review at: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/08/top_10_sexiest.php
There is also the MSN Green Auto rating, listing the top 5 green vehicles most popular hybrids- 1. Toyota Prius 2. Toyota Camry Hybrid, 3. Ford Escape Hybrid, 4. Honda Civic Hybrid and
5. Toyota Highlander Hybrid.
According to the MSN Green site – “If gas prices climb, just 7% of Americans will consider buying a more fuel-efficient vehicle (data from MSN/Zogby Poll)”. I think those numbers need to change drastically.
I think you need to look at what you can afford, the fuel efficiency, consumer ratings and if you have made a significant improvement on fuel efficiency from your current and previous vehicle- then you are on the right path to greener highways. If we don’t our rating as a species could be “E’ for extinct.
To research our full list of Green Automotive Stocks - visit our stock directory at RenewableEnergyStocks.com.
http://www.renewableenergystocks.com/Companies/RenewableEnergy/stock_list.asp
I welcome ideas, suggestions and feedback as we travel together on the green highway.
dvanzant@investorideas.com
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