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BMW may boost the range of its i3 electric car, and offer a battery-pack retrofit for older cars.

Tesla and Volkswagen make headlines today.

The Tesla Model X will start at $81,200, including destination.

It was only three weeks ago that Volkswagen headquarters in Germany came out swinging against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA had issued a complaint in which it accused VW of incorporating emission-cheating software into its 3.0-liter V-6 TDI diesels, used by Audi and Porsche as...

A new association plans to bring inter-operability to electric-car charging stations.

In three tweets late Thursday, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said he’s on the lookout for “hardcore software engineers” to “achieve generalized full autonomy” for his line of electric cars. The latest addition to that lineup was the Model X unveiled at the end of...

We've got stories on electric cars, pickup trucks, and a subcompact today.

As DC fast-charging networks emerge as a crucial battleground for long-range electric cars, BMW will expand its ChargeNow program for owners of its i3 electric hatchback. Announced last week at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the expanded program will give those drivers access to 500 additional DC...

General Motors and the U.S. Army are building a hydrogen-powered Chevrolet Colorado prototype.

The news emerged late last week: Tesla Motors is recalling all 90,000-plus Model S electric cars it's built to check that their seat belts were properly connected. The recall stemmed from the discovery in Europe two weeks ago of a single Tesla Model S with a "front seat belt that was not properly...

A new study claims carpool-lane access significantly boosts electric-car sales in California.

Which 2016 pickup truck is the most fuel efficient?

GM's all-electric car Bolts to Vegas, we drive the new Prius and a plug-in hybrid Audi SUV, and look at EV cord-cutting. This is The Week In Reverse, for Friday, November 20, 2015, right here at Green Car Reports. We’re counting down the weeks until we get more details about the production...

It was an audacious statement, but there it was. Audi expects that 25 percent of the cars it sells just 10 years hence will be either battery-electric or plug-in hybrid models. And it came directly from Scott Keogh, president of Audi of America, in front of a packed media audience at the Los...

Audi and Toyota make headlines today.

The first 2016 Toyota Mirai for the U.S. was delivered in California earlier this month.

The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV will appear in production-ready form at CES, a new report says.

Chevy, Ford, and Scion make headlines today.

Ford is offering free charging to California and Maryland customers who buy or lease a C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid.

With its iA subcompact sedan and iM compact hatchback launched, Scion is now starting to reap the benefits of its first mainstream new models in several years. But there's a third model coming, the brand's first-ever crossover utility vehicle, and today at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Toyota's "youth...