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The Tesla Autopilot investigation will bring U.S. regulators into uncharted territory.

We look at which maker sells more electric cars as a percentage than any other, how Tesla Stores baffle conventional car dealers, and why you should pay attention to proposed changes in California's arcane zero-emission vehicle credits system. All this and more, today on Green Car Reports. Tesla...

What if a car is launched, ever so quietly, and no one notices at first? Does it exist? Such existential questions are posed by the recent discovery that Nissan is now selling a hybrid version of its Murano crossover utility vehicle, as of the current 2016 model year. DON'T MISS: Nissan Pathfinder...

Twenty months ago, in November 2014, the BMW i3 electric car had only been on sale in the U.S. for six months. But the numbers sold just in the first half-year had, surprisingly, catapulted BMW to the highest percentage of plug-in vehicles sold—2.3 percent—for any carmaker in the U.S...

A second IIHS headlight tests show that lights don't perform well regardless of technology or price.

If you're a nascent spy photographer for cars, Detroit is the place to be for the domestic companies. Southern California is the site for many Asian brands, even though Toyota and Nissan have largely decamped for other regions. Which is how one alert reader came to snap these photos of a 2017 Honda...

Tesla Stores baffle traditional car dealers.

Check out the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime and 2016 Chevrolet Spark.

Chinese carmaker SAIC is providing vehicles for the Shanghai Disney Resort.

The 2016 Chevrolet Spark is a slightly larger, better equipped, and more stylish version of the smallest Chevy in brand's lineup. It succeeds a model whose unexpected sales numbers showed Chevrolet that there were buyers for a very small but up-to-date five-door hatchback minicar. However, with gas...

These are the best deals on green cars for July 2016.

Toyota is the king of electrified powertrains. With more than nine million hybrid vehicles sold worldwide at this point, and well over 5.5 million of those wearing a Prius badge, no other automaker comes close. Yet somehow that expertise and market domination hasn’t resulted in any...

Scania, Siemens, and the Swedish government are testing electrified trucks on a stretch of public highway.

Why did one man involved in developing hydrogen fuel-cell powertrains call their prospects 'sobering'? And, how much do you get from Volkswagen if you bought a TDI diesel car after the emission scandal broke last September? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car...

Road trips are an integral part of the American myth, with writers from de Toqueville to Jack Kerouac setting out to experience the variety and beauty of the huge country. Vehicle launch events, on the other hand, are heavily scripted—with pre-set drive routes often designed to highlight a...

Japan will allow carmakers to replace traditional side-view mirrors with cameras.

The NHTSA has now said it will investigate two separate crashes reportedly involving a Tesla electric car operating with the Autopilot feature engaged. Media coverage on the May 7 death of a Model S driver in Florida continues to debate the merits of electronic driver-assistance technologies, often...

Volkswagen dealers continue to negotiate with the company over diesel reparations.

Swedish students compete to build the most efficient electric railcar.

Today, additional Tesla Autopilot crashes surface, used electric cars prove popular with consumers, and PSA Peugeot Citroën admits that its cars' real-world fuel economy is much lower than official ratings. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Used electric cars are selling quickly even as...