We're on the ground at the 2015 Washington Auto Show today, and so apologize for the slower pace of story publishing. We'll be back to our normal schedule tomorrow.

In the meantime, we've got news that the 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV electric car will be sold in Maryland, Japan's hydrogen plans ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, and Canada gets its 10,000th plug-in electric car. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

If you live on the East Coast and want a 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV, you're in luck, sort of. The electric car will go on sale in Maryland this spring.

Japan will spend $385 million on hydrogen fuel-cell cars and infrastructure ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Canada now has more than 10,000 plug-in electric cars on its roads, and there's encouraging news for sales in 2015.

Toyota breaks ground for its new U.S. headquarters in Plano, Texas.

It may not get much attention otherwise, but the 2014 Jeep Patriot earned the distinction of carrying the biggest discounts in its class last model year--and the 2015 model isn't far behind.

Porsche is fairly committed to plug-in hybrids, but does that include its iconic 911 sports car? Perhaps, says the carmaker's research and development chief.

Finally, we've got spy shots of the 2017 MINI Countryman, signalling that parent BMW will continue to repopulate the overextended MINI lineup with new models based on the recently-updated Cooper.

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