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Habitat for Humanity is an international non-profit organization dedicated to building homes for low income families. To help their cause, Nissan North America, Inc. (NAA) has just donated $35,000 worth of building materials to their satellite office in Greater Miami.

"Nissan is helping put low income families in decent, affordable homes. More than that, Nissan is contributing toward the revitalization of an entire community," said Habitat CEO, Mario...

What is Nissan's "Carwings"? Is it a badge? A point system? Maybe a social networking system?

In part, it is all of three of these things. Ultimately Nissan's Carwings is a cutting-edge in-dash system that allows drivers to compare their driving habits to fellow Nissan LEAF drivers. At a high-level, the Carwings system connects every LEAF to a network, tracking valuable data such as: miles driven, charge remaining, and miles per charge.

The Rogue crossover is one of Nissan Motor Co.'s highest-volume production vehicles. And production will soon move from Japan to America, specifically a factory in Smryna, Tennessee. The move coincides with the automaker's scheduled redesign of the Rogue in 2013, at which point the Tennessee assembly plant is expected to put out 100,000 units of the Rogue per year.