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Graffiti Gets Clean For Audi's Diesel Campaign

By • Jun 25, 2009

“Clean graffiti” showed up on the streets and sidewalks of New York City yesterday morning. The “graffiti” is part of an initiative to spread the word about the benefits of TDI clean diesel. Playing off the “clean” theme, the images were “graffiti-ed” on the streets and sidewalks using cleaning agents instead of spray paint.www.audiusa.com/us/brand/en.html?csref=inid_tdia This [...]



TATA MOTORS BRINGING $2300 NANO TO US

By • Jun 5, 2009

When Tata Motors went about designing their super cheap Nano a couple of years ago they focused on a low cost car, low cost parts and low cost production. Since it is produced in India, low cost labor was a given. To keep the weight low, they lightened the engine to two cylinders vs. three [...]



Audi Takes On America With A Clean Diesel Rally

By • Oct 10, 2008

On Monday I wandered over to Central Park in NYC for the kick-off of the Audi Mileage Marathon, a two week cross country drive that is showcasing 23 Audi TDI’s, their new clean diesel cars. The rally will end up in LA 4,800 miles later on October 20. The event was staged to illustrate how [...]



2008 Essence Music Festival

By • Jul 8, 2008

Kanye West “The spirit of Essence is being absorbed into the spirit of the city. Take it back to your cities that we still have a lot to do in the gulf coast. Despite the bumbling of the recovery, the music plays loudly to our souls.” New Orleans Senator Mary Landrieu Indeed, the music played [...]



BlueTEC: Mercedes-Benz Green Technology

By • Jun 30, 2008

We went to Vermont, one of the greenest states in the country, to test out Mercedes- Benz’ new fleet of BlueTEC SUVs. The event was timely. In March of this year, the government authorized a 50-state BlueTEC clean diesel technology making it eligible for the same type of federal income tax credit that hybrids receive. [...]



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