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Fresh from the official release event for the 2010 Volkswagen Golf, we have a first drive report on the GTI, Golf and TDI models from executive editor Marty Padgett. Nissan has decided to up its Rogue specification with a special Krom edition to join the Cube Krom edition announced earlier this year.

There's also a green tint to much of the news out today, with John Voelcker's review of the Tesla Roadster showing us that green doesn't have to mean slow or boring, and Fisker's preparation for announcement of a new hybrid production...

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Social media is digging its hooks into the tender car segment, with Ford launching its new Fusion41 campaign to follow up on the Fiesta Movement. Chevrolet is getting in on the action too, with a contest to name the Volt's paint color. Volkswagen has even launched the 2010 GTI via an iPhone app that lets gamers Twitter with each other over who has the highest score.

In the market for an electric sports car? Tesla has you covered--and if you buy it in Colorado, you can save up to $42,000! And you can have your cash delivered to you...

It's a great news day for Tesla Motors: not only is the company moving into new digs in Palo Alto, California, but also Tesla's co-founder and former CEO Martin Eberhard has dropped his lawsuit against the automaker and current CEO Elon Musk.

As for that first item: Tesla announced yesterday that it will lease a 350,000 square-foot facility in the Stanford Research Park in Palo Alto, where it will develop and manufacture components for its all-electric vehicles. The bulk of those components will be electric powertrains and chargers, which Tesla already sells to one of its larger shareholders, Daimler, and which will likely be used in the...