Today, we have a drive report on the 2016 Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid, details on stop-sale orders for Audi, Porsche, and Volkswagen diesels, and information on Nissan's 200-mile electric-car battery pack. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

We drive the 2016 Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid, the first of what will likely be quite a few Audi plug-in cars sold in the U.S.

The fourth Tesla Model X electric crossover is said to be owned by Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

Mazda's new rotary engine will launch with turbocharging, not electrification, the company's R&D chief recently said.

Here's what we know so far about Nissan's 60-kilowatt-hour, 200-mile battery pack.

Audi, Porsche, and Volkswagen diesel stop-sale orders include more vehicles than were actually named by the EPA in the agency's recent announcement.

We have one last update on plug-in electric car sales for October.

California may lead the nation in electric-car sales, but Oregon has been a trendsetter as well. the state is now pitching itself as a laboratory for green-vehicle tech.

We drive the 2016 Chevrolet Colorado Diesel mid-size pickup truck.

Finally, the proliferation of new MINI variants continues. We have spy shots of the upcoming John Cooper Works Clubman, a performance version of the MINI wagon.

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