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    Best Green Cars You Can Buy Right Now

    These Consumer Reports Recommended cars and SUVs produce the lowest harmful emissions

    2025 Toyota Camry XSE driving in city
    2025 Toyota Camry
    Photo: Toyota

    Cars are becoming greener, with better fuel efficiency, reduced emissions, and even more recycled components. But it can be difficult to cut through the marketing clutter to find good models that fulfill that promise.

    Consumer Reports gives a Green Choice designation to the top 20 percent of new vehicles on the market with the cleanest emissions to help car shoppers find the models that will reduce their carbon footprint the most. Green Choice cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, and minivans are indicated in our ratings by a green leaf icon. They’re gas-powered, hybrid, and electric, although over time, the top 20 percent are increasingly plug-in hybrids and EVs as more electrified models come to market. 

    More on Green Choices

    This rating was developed in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay program, which rates vehicles for levels of greenhouse gas and smog-forming emissions. (Learn how Consumer Reports designates Green Choices for other products we test.) 

    To further guide shoppers, we filtered the Green Choice vehicles to list just those that earn a Consumer Reports recommendation, factoring in road-test performance, reliability, owner satisfaction, and safety. (Learn more about CR’s car ratings.)

    The following Green Choices have strong Overall Scores and low emissions.

    Click through the model names for complete ratings, including fuel economy (for gas-powered vehicles) and range for all.

    2025 Kia Niro EV rear, driving through city
    Kia Niro EV

    Photo: Kia Photo: Kia

    2025 Nissan Ariya driving through neighborhood.
    Nissan Ariya

    Photo: Nissan Photo: Nissan


    Jeff S. Bartlett

    Jeff S. Bartlett is the managing editor for the autos team at Consumer Reports. He has been with CR since 2005. Previously, Jeff served as the online editorial director of Motor Trend for 11 years. Throughout his career, Jeff has driven thousands of cars, many on racetracks around the globe. Follow him on X: @JeffSBartlett