SHORT ANALYSIS - Oh, what a feeling: The ‘Filthy Five’ car companies polluting as

1 The Filthy Five: up there with Australia’s coal mines fuelling climate change Each of the Filthy Five ranks alongside some of Australia’s dirtiest coal mines in the amount of climate pollution their cars are estimated to produce in a year. [...] The tailpipe emissions for each vehicle a given company sold were used to calculate emissions over the span of a year, using the average distance travelled. [...] The ‘Filthy ‘Five’ car companies like Toyota and Mazda have been some of the most vocal critics of the proposed New Vehicle Efficiency Standard, but they’re the worst offenders when it comes to the climate pollution this policy can help fix. [...] A parent company is the owner of multiple marques (i.e Toyota is the parent company of Toyota and Lexus). [...] This resulted in two annual emissions figures, one based on the variant with the lowest tailpipe emissions, and one based on the variant with the highest tailpipe emissions.