"This New Car" explores "Making Cleaner Your Current Car," Sunday at 10 p.m. (EST) on WICN/90.5 FM and WICN.org

Worcester, MA --* On Sunday, September 24 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 11, "This New Car" explores "Making Cleaner Your Current Car." To hear a 2-minute 21-second audio clip of the September 24 show, in MP3 format, visit This New Car.

<http://www.bestrateofclimb.com/TNC11.mp3>

*Coming up on "This New Car:*

* *October 1:* Are the state and federal governments doing enough to promote and support "green" vehicles? * *October 8:* Does everyone need to own a vehicle?

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>

*Coming This Fall: *"This New Car" goes to a full hour and Alison Sander of the AltWheels Festival <http://www.altwheels.org> in Boston joins the 13-week series as a regular expert. The new series will be broadcast and webcast Sundays at 10 p.m. (EST) from October 15, 2006 through January 14, 2007.

*"This New Car" is sponsored exclusively by*

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

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