The Los Angeles Times (2/16, Hsu) reports that American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy released its list of the "greenest 2011 model-year vehicles," and it has "a lot of traditional gasoline engines among the top 12 cars," including "the Smart Fortwo, the Ford Fiesta and the Hyundai Elantra." Number one was "the natural gas-powered Honda Civic GX...followed by the new all-electric Nissan Leaf." Also on the list were "the hybrid Toyota Prius and the hybrid electric Chevrolet Volt." EVs suffered from "'upstream' emissions" based on "US power generation" and on "the battery manufacturing and disposal processes."
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