How Green is your car?
Latest Sustainability Ratings
Environmental performance at your fingertips
Green NCAP’s new and complete vehicle life assessment enables consumers to compare the environmental impact of cars throughout their life as well as their real-world efficiency, range, and charging capability. In 2025, Green NCAP also introduces a complementary, new Driving Experience assessment for electric cars.
How Green Is Your Car?
Green NCAP targets climate-neutral
Green NCAP promotes the development of cars that are clean, energy efficient and not harmful to the environment. It aims to improve the quality of the air that we breathe; maximise the use of resources used in passenger transport and reduce global warming. Choosing a sustainable car for the planet is now just a click away.
Life Cycle Assessment: How Sustainable is Your Car?
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a method to estimate the overall environmental impact of a vehicle over its total lifecycle. Green NCAP’s LCA assesses the greenhouse gas emissions and the primary energy demand during the various stages in the life cycle of different passenger vehicles.
Green NCAP’s updated star rating allows a true and trusted comparison of all drive trains – petrol, hybrid and electric
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Green NCAP presents its Sustainability Rating for the Tesla Model Y – revealing the environmental impact of Europe’s best-selling EV
29th October 2026
In a major milestone, Green NCAP has independently assessed the whole-life impact of the Berlin-built Model Y, supported by verified manufacturing data shared by Tesla for the first time. Achieving a maximum five-star Sustainability Rating, the electric SUV demonstrates low lifecycle emissions, particularly when compared with the similarly sized, petrol-powered Volkswagen Tayron.
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Next Round of Green NCAP results
26th November 2026