LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: There's another auto report out, this one ranking fuel efficiency and air pollution. And as CNN environment correspondent Natalie Pawelski reports this afternoon, it's easier than ever now to find out which vehicles are the most environmentally friendly.</s>NATALIE PAWELSKI, CNN ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Right now, there's one vehicle on the road for every American of driving age, and fuel economy for cars and trucks is at a 20-year low. So asking new car buyers to think about the environment may seem almost quaint, but the authors of the annual "Green Book" hope people will consider how much pollution their cars put out and how much gas they guzzle.</s>JIM KLIESCH, AUTHOR, "GREEN BOOK": We rank, you know, more than 1,000 cars and trucks on the market and we break them up into classes. So regardless of whether you're interested in buying an SUV or buying a pickup truck or buying a compact car, you can look on our "best of" list and select, you know, an appropriate vehicle.</s>PAWELSKI: The authors say low-emission vehicles of all types are becoming easier for car shoppers to find.</s>KLIESCH: Whereas in the past these vehicles were available only in California and the New England region, now, regardless where you live, you'll be able to find cars and trucks that meet this standard nationwide.</s>PAWELSKI (on camera): The only battery-powered vehicle to make the "Green Book"'s top ten list this year is the RAV4 from Toyota. Notably absent, the electric car that topped the rankings for three years running: The EV1. General Motors has stopped making it. (voice-over): But a new kind of semi-electric car did place high in the rankings. The Honda Insight and Toyota Prius are powered by regular gas, but these hybrids, as they're called, generate electricity as you drive them, and that boosts fuel efficiency and cuts pollution. The "Green Book"'s authors say, right now, that kind of convenient compromise may be the best choice for people who want to drive a little more gently on the Earth. Natalie Pawelski, CNN.
New Auto Report Ranks Fuel Efficiency, Air Pollution