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Tesla Motors could be close to a battery supply deal with Samsung.

With the 2014 Corvette, buying a stick-shift nets one mpg in all categories.

What got us all charged up in the world of green automotive news this week? Well, a Tesla Model S caught fire after hitting a piece of metal road debris, and we took a look at what actually happened. We spent some time driving the new 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid, and while we can't tell you anything...

Today's car news includes Canadian plug-in car sales for September, an electric Kia, and a new electric-car quick-charger.

We saw the Kia Soul EV spy shots almost three months ago, and now Kia has officially announced that its first battery-electric car will go on sale in the U.S. next year. It's an electric conversion of the new-for-2014 second generation of its "funky and iconic" Soul tall wagon, which Kia calls an...

The EPA will release the results of its most recent round of gas mileage test audits, hoping to make the testing process more transparent.

The Chevrolet Volt and Tesla Model S were probably neck-and-neck in Canadian plug-in sales, in September In August, the Chevy Volt won the sales podium by an 84-56 margin over the Nissan Leaf. Government records showed 55 new Tesla Model S registrations, leaving the California automaker in a close...

Today's car news includes the impact of German elections on luxury cars, the delayed launch of cars equipped with the CCS quick-charging standard, and the first Tesla Model S fire.

It had to happen sooner or later: a fire in a Tesla Model S. And indeed, as first covered by Jalopnik, Tuesday's fire in one example of the luxury electric sedan outside Seattle, Washington, generated a remarkable amount of media coverage. Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] issued a statement on the accident...

The 2014 Silverado equipped with the 6.2-liter V-8 posts significant mileage improvements over last year's model.

GM has pushed back the CCS fast-charging option on the Chevrolet Spark EV until the end of the year.

A team of students from the Delft University of Technology built an electric car than can out accelerate all others.

After a record-setting month in August, plug-in electric car sales moderated in September while the overall U.S. vehicle market surged. The Chevrolet Volt, the best-selling plug-in car after almost three years, registered 1,766 deliveries--little more than half the record-setting number of 3,351...

Today's car news includes the latest on hybrids, fuel-cell research, and electric cars.

Toyota will continue to concentrate on hybrids despite other car makers' interest in electric cars, the Toyota chairman said.

An expanded partnership with the U.S. Army gives GM more fuel cell development resources.

Subaru's first production hybrid goes on sale later this year.

Sales figures for plug-in cars in the U.S. crossed the 100,000 mark four months ago, but in the U.K., the government has announced that it will end plug-in car incentives. Some point to poor sales and an apathetic buying public. One trade organization claims existing grants of £5,000 ($8,100)...

Well, here's a first: The best-selling car in Norway is the Tesla Model S. Not the best-selling electric car. Not the best-selling car with a plug. For the month of September, the Tesla Model S was the best-selling car, period. Silicon Valley startup electric-car maker Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] sold...

Today on Green Car Reports, we report on September's plug-in electric car sales, look back on the gasoline tax, augment the repair process, and warn women drivers about a new--and hitherto unknown--danger to their reproductive health. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Plug-in electric car...