How much better is the CO2 emissions on a Toyota Prius vs. a regular Honda Civic?
I recently calculated my CO2 footprint and am quite bothered by my environmental impact. I work 40 miles from my house and while I do take commuter rail 2 days a week I still end up driving approx. 2000 miles a month. While I drive a fairly efficient car (2003 Honda Civic Coupe, 35MPG) I’m curious how my environmental impact would be improved if I bought a Toyota Prius. What would the CO2 output difference between these two vehicles would amount to? As discussed, most of my miles are highway miles however I do unfortunately put in my share of bumper-to-bumper traffic which is probably closer to city driving. A: A Prius has 104 g/km of CO2 emissions: http://www.hybridsynergydrive.com/en/prius_emissions.html While a Civic coupe has 166 – 185 g/km of CO2 emissions: http://cars.yahoo.co.uk/browse_100354123/Coupe,Honda|Civic,166_-_185_g_km So basically a Prius is about 65% better on CO2 emissions than a Civic coupe. Or in terms of raw numbers, 1 Kilometer = 0.62137 Miles, so if you’re drivi
