Today on Green Car Reports: the rotary engine lives on in prototypes for a Mazda 2 range-extended electric car, Via Motors lets the sun shine on its new solar tonneau cover, and we drive the 2015 Honda Fit Hybrid. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk expects NHTSA to clear the Model S after it completes its investigation of the recent string of fires.

Is India's just-launched Honda City really the 2015 Honda Fit sedan?

The Nissan Leaf is likely to get a "hot weather" battery in the next year.

The rotary engine lives on in a range-extended electric Mazda 2 prototype.

Via Motors outdoes solar roofs with a solar tonneau cover.

We drive a bit of forbidden fruit: the 2015 Honda Fit Hybrid.

There are two new recalls on the Ford Escape EcoBoost-powered crossover.

Finally, the Nissan BladeGlider electric sports car concept could morph into a two-seat production model.

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