This New Car: Biodiesel -- Is Willie Nelson Singing the Right Song? -- Sunday, 9:30 p.m. (Eastern) -- WICN/90.5 FM & WICN.org

Worcester, MA --* On Sunday, November 12 from 9:30-10:30 p.m. (Eastern), WICN/90.5 FM, the NPR affiliate serving Central New England, will broadcast and webcast Episode 5 of "This New Car: Exploring Transportation Alternatives," a brand new 13-week, one hour 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>, moderates a panel of experts. They are: Jim Dunn of the Center for Technology Commercialization <http://www.CTC.org>;* *Gilles Labelle of Westboro Toyota's Hybrid Center of Massachusetts <http://www.hybridcenterma.org>; and Craig Van Batenburg of the Automotive Career Development Center <http://www.auto-careers.org>.

In Episode 5, "This New Car" explores: Biodiesel -- Is Willie Nelson Singing the Right Song? To hear a 2-minute 7-second audio clip of the November 12 show, in MP3 format, visit Episode 5. <http://www.bestrateofclimb.com/TNC18A.mp3>

To hear a 1-minute 11-second audio clip of the interview with the special guest, Bill Bolch of New England Biodiesel Equipment & Supplies <http://www.newenglandbiodiesel.net>, in MP3 format, visit Q&A <http://www.bestrateofclimb.com/TNC18B.mp3>.

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

    * *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?
    * *December 3:* Religion Joins the Drive to Save the Environment.
    * *December 10:* What the Future Holds -- The Fuel-Efficient Cars of
      the Next Decade.


To learn more about the show, visit This New Car 
<http://www.wicn.org/thisnewcar.htm>.

The November 5, 2006 /USA Today/ contains an article on Prius sales, 
quoting Gilles Labelle of the Hybrid Center of Massachusetts at Westboro 
Toyota, one of the largest hybrid centers in North America. To view the 
article, visit USA Today Article 
<http://www.bestrateofclimb.com/TNC-USATodayarticle-110506.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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