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Last week, Ford cut prices on both the hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions of its 2016 Ford Fusion mid-size sedan. This week, the company is cutting costs for consumers in a different way: doubling its incentives to help dealers move out the last of its 2014 Ford C-Max compact tall wagons. DON'T...

The EPA hopes to tighten standards for fuel-economy testing.

Chinese maker Wanxiang, which bought the defunct Fisker Automotive out of bankruptcy, will rename the carmaker Elux, according to a Reuters report this morning. The company has also pushed back the planned relaunch of the Karma range-extended electric sport sedan until at least the middle of next...

Acura and Tesla make headlines today.

Naomi Klein argues that climate change is a socioeconomic issue.

A new study says consumers expect gas prices to increase eventually.

Aside from economic recession and cautious buyers, one of the biggest challenges for companies that want to sell electrified commercial trucks turns out to be ... making or converting trucks. Amp Electric, a surviving veteran of several generations of electric-truck development, decided to solve...

A trademark filing refuels rumors of an Acura crossover based on the Honda HR-V.

Why are fossil fuels like your girlfriend? And which carmaker will offer the world's very first seven-seat plug-in hybrid SUV? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, February 20, 2015. Friday, we wrote about one business...

Remember when your parents sat you down to have a little chat about how you should behave? It may be time for us to have one of those chats with a small fraction of our readers, just to point out this site's requests, customs, and no-nos. Here's our compilation of things that will see your comments...

Large-scale biofuel production requires cutting down forests, but will that do more harm than good?

The Nissan Pathfinder crossover utility vehicle seems to be doing well for Nissan, following its 2013 reinvention as a seven-seat family vehicle rather than the tough truck-based 4x4 that had previously defined the Pathfinder name. There's one model of the Pathfinder, however, that seems to be...

Tesla's future is still in doubt, some analysts say.

Hybrid and electric car sales and the 2016 Volvo XC90 make headlines today.

Nearly five years ago, as a tidal wave of charging stations were rapidly planned for some West Coast regions, in support of a new wave of all-electric and plug-in vehicles, the question may have become, 'Where can the stations be installed?'—when it shouldn't have budged from, 'Where should...

The Toyota Prius is no longer the best-selling car in California.

By the end of this year, there will be several luxury SUV models offered in the U.S. with plug-in hybrid powertrains that let them run 12 to 20 miles on electricity alone. We've now driven one of them, the 2016 Volvo XC90 T8 "Twin Engine" model, which will go on sale this fall. And based on our...

It's well known that sales of hybrid cars rise and fall in line with gas prices. In recent months, that's led to lower sales for hybrids as gasoline falls to $2 per gallon or less in many parts of the U.S. DON'T MISS: Ford Cuts Gas Mileage On 6 Models: What You Need To Know, And Open Questions To...

Electric cars dominate the headlines today.

Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity is one of 10 groups to sign a pro-Tesla letter to U.S. lawmakers.