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Which two cars are unexpectedly being killed off before their time? And, why did we grumble about the 2016 Chevy Volt after a weekend test--even though we still love the car? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, January 29...

Chevy and Ford make headlines today.

Another week brings more new stories on the diesel-emission cheating scandal that threatens to dig Volkswagen deeper into a ditch of its own making. Following reports in German newspapers late last week suggesting that the "defeat device" software was an "open secret" in VW's engine group, the...

By now, it's hardly a secret that we're big fans of the redesigned second-generation Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid. We gave it our Best Car To Buy 2016 award, and we've written that it's better in pretty much every way than the innovative first-generation Volt. Last month, we were able to spend four...

Ford may target the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel with an F-150 that uses the same engine as Land Rover's Td6 SUVs.

Toyota claims hybrid police cars are a viable replacement for the old standard, the Ford Crown Victoria.

Several companies are collaborating on an all-electric school bus.

Among the drawbacks of cars that run on battery power is the energy required to heat their cabins. As electric-car drivers in less temperate climes know, heating the cabin to room temperature has an enormous impact on battery range--conceivably as high as 40 percent. A similar impact is seen from...

Chrysler and Tesla make headlines today.

Gasoline remains more expensive on the West Coast than the rest of the country.

Jeep is still planning diesel and hybrid versions of the next-generation Wrangler.

Tesla now has 591 Supercharger sites.

We have lots of electric car news today.

Of the three vehicles using GM's newest hybrid system, we know rather less about the 2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid than we do about either the Chevrolet Volt or the Chevy Malibu Hybrid. But with first media drives of the conventional CT6 now published, we know a bit more than we did before. For...

Measuring the energy efficiency and environmental friendliness of different vehicles is easy if they're powered by gasoline, less so when the energy comes from grid electricity. This leads to perpetual debates over the assumptions used on the source of electricity and its carbon footprint, among...

Like many automakers, Volkswagen Group has had a research facility in Silicon Valley for many years. In 2011, Its Electronics Research Laboratory--first launched in 1998--tripled its size and moved northward from Palo Alto to Belmont. It now has almost 100 people. But new VW Group CEO Matthias...

Tesla releases a video demonstrating its autonomous-driving features.

Electric cars and diesel cars make headlines today.

The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV may be the most eagerly awaited electric car since the original Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt (plus everything Tesla). Its claimed 200-mile range and pre-incentive price of $37,500 will make it unique if it launches this December as expected. And there's been much press...

Morgan is investing $8.5 million to develop hybrid and electric powertrains.