The campaign group gave Toyota and US-European firm Stellantis 'F minus minus' grades for decarbonisation efforts including phasing out engines that burn planet-warming fossil fuels in favour of electric vehicles.
The world's top-selling carmaker Toyota has come joint last in a Greenpeace ranking of carbon emission effortsTOKYO - The world's top-selling carmaker Toyota has come joint last in a Greenpeace ranking of carbon emission efforts by auto firms, according to a list published Thursday during the COP26 climate summit.
General Motors received the least damning rating with a C- grade, followed by a D for Volkswagen and D- for Renault."Toyota, the world's number-one car seller last year, is the most stubborn in holding onto internal combustion engines," said Ada Kong, senior project manager of the auto industry campaign at Greenpeace East Asia.
It declined to comment ahead of the publication of the emissions report, in which Greenpeace urged automakers to embrace fully-electric vehicles.
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