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KLD Energy Technologies says its redesigned motor and battery pack will improve efficiency.

The 2014 Chevrolet Malibu gets a new base engine, and with it come new, higher fuel-efficiency ratings from the EPA. But does the improved gas mileage mean the Malibu Eco model no longer has a reason to exist? For the new model year, Chevy made a large number of changes to the year-old vehicle...

Stricter limits on new power plant greenhouse gas emissions and a weak export market have put the American coal industry on the ropes.

The all-new 2014 Mazda 3 was revealed at the end of June, but only as a five-door hatchback--the model that will be the mainstay in Japan and Europe. Now we've had our first look at the 2014 Mazda3 four-door sedan in person; it was displayed at last week's Frankfurt Auto Show. The pictures show the...

See the Toyota Yaris Hybrid-R, the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show concept that packs the technology from Toyota's Le Mans prototype into an everyday hatchback body, in this video.

At the 2013 G-20 Summit in St. Petersburg, world leaders agreed to begin the process of ending oil subsidies, and to phase out HFCs.

This week we noted that Tesla is scrambling to meet its self-imposed Supercharger installation deadline. Oddly enough, though, once we posted about the topic, Tesla quietly removed the "Summer 2013" section of the map from its website. Also making headlines this week is Fisker Automotive, as a...

Today on Green Car Reports, we've got news coming from everywhere. Fisker Automotive may have found itself a buyer after all, while Forbes imagines what would happen if Google bought Tesla. We've also got the GreenWing eSpyder electric aircraft plus electric food carts in New York City, proving...

Speculating on what will happen to Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] can be endlessly entertaining, and the discussions have taken up terabytes of server space already. But last week, a Forbes contributor suggested an intriguing notion: Should search giant Google buy Tesla? The conventional wisdom has been...

New York's food vendors are going electric, thanks to a pilot program that replaces generators with a connection to the grid.

The EPA is expanding its used car gas-mileage label tool. It now allows sellers to create a graphic for online ads.

GreenWing Internation is preparing to ship kits of its eSpyder electric airplane to customers in the U.S. and Europe.

Today on Green Car Reports: The Porsche 918 Spyder and Nissan ZEOD RC take to the track, Volkswagen has big plans for electric and CNG cars, and customers say their Ford Focus Electrics are suddenly stalling.

The fate of Fisker Automotive has been hanging for months, but now an offer for the company has been "signed" and is "on the table." At least that's the word from Ingo Voigt, who with Fritz Nol is one of a pair of German investors who want to buy the company. "I am proud to tell you that we just...

The NHTSA has recieved reports of Ford Focus Electric cars stalling while being driven, and is investigating the matter.

Electric cars have been on sale almost three years now, which means that some of them are starting to show up on used-car lots. To alleviate concern over the unknown future life of a used electric car, Nissan has now added its Leaf to the company's Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles program. Starting...

Volkswagen wants to promote natural gas as an alternative to electrification, and hopes the EPA will help it.

The EPA has released fuel economy ratings for the 2014 Mercedes-Benz E 250 BlueTEC, and they put it ahead of its diesel midsize luxury sedan rivals.

As a group, German automakers have not been at the front of the move toward plug-in electric cars. Nonetheless, Volkswagen Group will be the world leader in electric and hybrid cars by 2018. It says. The bold claim came not from an offhand comment by an executive at this week's Frankfurt Auto Show...

Today in car news: More hybrid and electric cars from the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show, Elio Motors loses control of the ex-GM Shreveport assembly plant, and an aquatic MINI.