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The Swiss Love The Prius (The Swiss Are Awesome)

While we continue to digest this report, we bring you the breaking news that the Swiss government has named Toyota’s Prius the world’s greenest car.

It has given the Prius the highest green rating in a draft study evaluating the environmental impact of driving around 6,000 different cars, including carbon dioxide (C02) emissions which contribute to global warming.

Fiat’s Punto 1.2 Bipower and its Panda 1.2 Bipower, the Daihatsu Cuore and Citroen’s C3 1.4i GNV were all in the top 5 of the draft list, which will be sent to the industry for comments before being finalized. Ford’s Transit and Transit 4x4, the VW T5 and Peugeot’s Boxer were in the bottom 5. Small cars and other hybrid vehicles dominated the top 20 of the list. The United States accounts for more than half of Toyota’s Prius sales. The United States and China are the world’s top emitters of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas causing global warming.


 
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