In 2021 the cost of all used Toyotas and Hondas have gone out of affordable range.

look up cost of charging the things and, if you have a conscience, look at child slave labor in cobalt mines.

I second the Yaris 180,000 miles on my 2007 and I still average 35-36 MPG driving an average of 70MPH and I have done nothing to car but oil changes and replaced brakes. It has been a great low cost car to own

well actually they create as much pollution making the batteries as driving 400,000 miles in the average gas car

While hybrid cars are operating they are very environmentally friendly, but when the battery needs to be replaced that isn’t the case. I have been told the mining of the materials causes problems too, but I don’t remember specifics. The exhaust of gasoline burning vehicles disperses and causes no significant damage. Areas with constricted air flow due to mountains, etc. have localized problems, but the newer cars sold in the U.S. don’t emit problem gases like much older cars used to (1950s, 1960s). The localized problems, especially in third world countries and China don’t damage to the earth. Carbon dioxide is good for plants and reduces the amount of water they need. That is because the pores on the bottom of the leaves constrict when there is more carbon dioxide available. That is the same reason we breathe slower when there is more oxygen available. We get more oxygen with each brearh. They get more carbon dioxide if there is more in the atmosphere. That makes dryer land available for farming than would be the case otherwise. Volcanoes put out HUGE amounts of carbon dioxide and many other gases some of which are poisonous unlike carbon dioxide. The earth’s resilience gets rid of them. The amount of any and all air pollutants produced by man is tiny (insignificant) by comparison. Carbon dioxide doesn’t cause temperatures to go up anyway. Vikings were farming in Greenland in the year 1000. It is way to cold now. It was way warmer back then when there was little, if any, industry.

Any means of transportation is bound to create some pollution , but hybrid and electric have the best positive effect on our environment (air quality). See http://www.thegreenmarketoracle.com/2011/06/assessing-environmental-impact-of_13.html. Some electricity that powers electric vehicles come from coal burning electric plants, however states like California derives most of its electricity from clean energy plants like hydro-electric, making it still cleaner to use than gas or diesel autos.

Hybrid cars do just as much damage to the environment as fossil fuel vehicles.