This New Car: Does Everyone Need To Own A Vehicle? -- Sunday, 10 p.m. (EST) on WICN/90.5 FM & WICN.org

Worcester, MA --* On Sunday, October 8 at 10:00 p.m. (EST), WICN/90.5 FM, the NPR affiliate serving Central New England, will broadcast and webcast Episode 11 of "This New Car: Promoting Clean, Mean Driving Machines," a 13-week special edition of /The Business Beat/. In "This New Car," Steve D'Agostino, host of /The Business Beat/ since 1995 and principal of Best Rate Of Climb <http://www.bestrateofclimb.com> in Worcester, MA, moderates a panel of experts. They are: Jim Dunn of the Center for Technology Commercialization <http://www.CTC.org> in Westboro, MA;* *Gilles Labelle of Westboro Toyota's Hybrid Center of Massachusetts <http://www.hybridcenterma.org> in Westboro, MA; and Craig Van Batenburg of the Automotive Career Development Center <http://www.auto-careers.org> in Worcester, MA.

In Episode 13, "This New Car" explores: Does Everyone Need To Own A Vehicle? To hear a 2-minute 19-second audio clip of the October 8 show, in MP3 format, visit This New Car. <http://www.bestrateofclimb.com/TNC13.mp3>

*Coming up on the new 13-week edition of "This New Car," now 1 hour long:*

    * ***October 15: *Global Warming & CO2 Emissions -- How
      Carbon-Literate Are You?
    * *October 22:* Energy Freedom -- Creating A Vision of Practical
      Sustainability
    * *October 29: *We, The People -- Citizen Action & Government
      Programs to Achieve Sustainable, Clean Energy
    * *November 5:* CO2 Goes Hollywood: "An Inconvenient Truth" & "Who
      Killed the Electric Car?"
    * *November 12:* Biodiesel Fuel -- Is Willie Nelson Singing the
      Right Song?
    * *November 19:* Growth of the Small Car -- You Don't Need a Hybrid
      to Get Great Gas Mileage
    * *November 26:* Alternative Transportation Heroes: Who Are They and
      What Are They Doing?


To learn more about Jim Dunn, Gilles Labelle and Craig Van Batenburg, 
CLICK HERE. <http://www.WICN.org/programs/thisnewcar.htm>

To learn more about "This New Car," CLICK HERE. 
<http://www.bestrateofclimb.com/TNC.htm>

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*"This New Car" is sponsored exclusively by*

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*Westboro Toyota <http://www.westborotoyota.com>*
*on Route 9 in Westboro*


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