Which car is the greenest car? A Toyota Prius? Or a Ford Focus?

No car is great for the environment, the Prius is just one of the best if the the best. However there has been a lot of FUD circulated. 1. Some of the nickel for the NiHM batteries comes mainly from the Sudbury, Ontario, Canada mine. There are other nickel mines throughout the world. Toyota isn't saying how much comes from where. 2. The information used by the detractors comes from the 1960s when the mine, like most all mines, were pretty bad environmentally. During the 1980s the mine was cleaned up and it now wins environmental awards from Environment Canada and others. (AFAIK, there weren't many Prius made in the 1960s and 1970s, any you find should be worth a fortune). 3. Only about 1% of the mine's total output is used for NiMH batteries of all kinds. Much of the other 99% is used mainly for tableware and automotive chrome although there are many other uses for nickel, such as coins. 4. All car manufactures ship materials and cars over the world. Toyota is no worse than any other. Note that most of the Toyotas sold in North America are made in North America and with 80% of parts being supplied from North America. The Prius is an exception to this. The Camry hybrid is made in the Kentucky plant. 5. The Prius sold in Japan, Europe, and North America are made in Japan in the Tsutsumi Plant. There is a plant in China but Prius from there are only sold in China and I believe they are different than the ones sold elsewhere. 6. The Prius is made in a zero-landfill factory (so are many other Toyotas). 7. There is a plan to manufacture the Prius in the Mississippi plant that's currently being built. There is no date set when the production might start. (I believe they will start producing Corollas there until the "kinks" are worked out, though that may change). 8. Most of the plastics in the Prius are bio-plastic rather than petroleum based. 9. A good portion of the repair manual consists of instructions on how to recycle the various components. For example, the wiring harness can be removed with a single pull so the copper can be recycled. 10. Toyota, Honda, and VW are creating jobs in America while the so-called American companies are shipping jobs to China and Mexico as fast as they can. I think I'll stick with the car companies that create American jobs.

Prius. Whoever says Focus is wrong. Toyota is experienced in hybrid vehicles. Ford Focus is ugly and FIX OR DAILY REPAIRS!!!

Prius for the win.

No such thing as a green car . . . it's a myth. Just because a car produces less green house emissions while being driven does not mean it took less energy (or green house emission) to produce. Battery powered cars are MUCH worse on the environment . . . they use more resources to manufacture and no one has mentioned the terrible cost to the environment just ONE battery failure will be . . . much less all the thousands we're going to have to dispose of once they are finished with their service. I suppose if you only drove 30 miles a day and never got above 55mph the focus would be the way to go.

I thing Toyota Prius is the greenest car. Toyota is more efficient than Ford in fuel consumption too.

No Cars are green in the world. (unless you get it painted)