Today on Green Car Reports: We've now driven the 2014 BMW i3 electric car, Elon Musk buys the James Bond Lotus Esprit submarine, and the next-generation MINI could spawn 10 different variants, including a plug-in hybrid. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

Tell us what you think of our 2014 BMW i3 first drive report of this radically-new electric car. 

Elon Musk wants to convert the James Bond Lotus submarine to electricity.

The next MINI could get 10 variants, including a plug-in hybrid option.

Audi sees Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] as a direct competitor, but that doesn't mean it plans on ditching dealers for direct sales (not that it could).

How do you site an electric-car charging station? It's the parking, stupid.

The 2014 Toyota Prius Liftback will start at $24,025, the same price as last year's model.

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