We got some more details--well, a few, anyway--on the new Toyota Prius, and Volkswagen announced a possibly seismic shift in its future technology direction. Plus, we've got deals! All this and more on Green Car Reports.

At an event in Japan early this morning, we got a few more details on the 2016 Toyota Prius. Not a lot, but a few.

If you live in Arizona, your local utility may want to rent your roof for solar panels. What do you get? An electric bill fixed for 25 years.

Our monthly list of best deals on green cars is always popular. Not so many deals on diesels this time, though. Ahem.

In response to its diesel emission scandal, VW will focus more on electric and plug-in hybrid cars--even as it slashes its spending by more than 1 billion dollars.

We also asked whether the VW diesel scandal is worse than the GM ignition-switch debacle, which killed more than 100 people.

And, finally, the parade of smaller and smaller SUVs and crossovers isn't ending: We've got spy shots of the 2018 BMW X2.

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