Today on Green Car Reports: The assets of Fisker Automotive are sold to Chinese auto-parts conglomerate Wanxiang, why Apple may have come closer to acquiring Tesla Motors than it appears, and we drive new diesel crossovers from Audi, Jeep, and Mercedes-Benz. all this and more on Green Car Reports.

The remains of Fisker Automotive were sold for $149.2 million to Chinese parts-maker Wanxiang.

A wind-swept Scottish island may be the world's first entirely renewable-energy place.

Are new, smaller, higher-mileage engines less reliable?

Rumors surface that Apple discussed buying Tesla Motors last fall.

Opel's new three-cylinder engine may preview the next Chevrolet Volt's range extender.

We drive new diesel crossovers from Audi, Jeep, and Mercedes-Benz.

Traffic deaths in 2013 dropped by 3 percent compared to 2012, early estimates say.

An updated Volkswagen Scirocco will debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show.

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