Top 10 Vehicles With the Lowest Emissions in 2024
Consumers are embracing electrified vehicles for a number of reasons. In addition to saving money on fuel, reducing one’s carbon footprint is certainly among them.
Of course, the extraction of raw materials and production of batteries is generating a ton of emissions, but that’s a debate for another day. Here, we simply want to highlight the vehicles that have the lowest CO2 emissions in Canada—excluding pure EVs, of course.
For the record, CO2 is not the only cause of greenhouse gas emissions coming from internal combustion engines, but in order to compile this top 10, we used CO2 levels as posted by Natural Resources Canada.
10. 2024 Hyundai Tucson PHEV
62 g/km
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9. 2024 Kia Sportage PHEV
60 g/km
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8. 2024 Volvo S60 T8 Recharge/Volvo V60 T8 Recharge
58 g/km
7. 2024 Lexus RX 450h+
55 g/km
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6. 2024 Lexus NX 450h+
54 g/km
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5. 2024 Ford Escape PHEV
49 g/km
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4. 2024 Toyota RAV4 Prime
44 g/km
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3. 2024 Kia Niro PHEV
42 g/km
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2. 2024 Toyota Prius Prime XSE
37 g/km
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1. 2024 Toyota Prius Prime SE
31 g/km
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