If somebody comes here in a nice clean car and comes in to see me for half an hour and they go out and their car is covered they're not going to be happy.
Mr. STEVE HINCHMAN (Conversation Law Foundation): And as consumers realize, they have a choice to buy a clean car that's 20 to 50 percent more efficient, we're going to hit a tipping point where it will no longer make economic sense for Detroit to continue making the dirty version of the car.
The attendant suggested I have them clean the car using a clay process, then apply a coat of wax by hand.
Joachim Schmidt, global head of sales and marketing for Mercedes, says until batteries get cheaper and lighter, Mercedes will respond to demand for exhaust-free cars (and California clean-car mandates) with small vehicles such as the tiny electric Smart and the compact B-Class, and offer plug-in hybrid versions of its larger models, including the S-class sedan.
Use a trusted mechanic, watch the performance of your tires, and keep your car clean and empty.
Honda announced in June that, by 2009, it will market an all-new hybrid vehicle, the company's fourth, and offer a clean diesel passenger car that will likely get 45 miles to the gallon.
It shows the engineers' talents, but the aero cladding compromises the car's clean lines.
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The opportunities available if we can give both drivers a reliable car and a clean weekend are clear.
Last week in Detroit, all the leading European, Japanese and Korean car companies had clean diesels on display.
Another hour later my car was sparklingly clean inside and out.
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Clean Energy is also pursuing car-friendly CNG-dispensing services, and has signed an agreement with Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell to provide market access to all state and local government bodies.
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It also explains why, for example, you recognize your car both when it's very dirty and very clean, and why you can remember where you parked your car today even though you had a different space yesterday.
The restriction drove up the cost of aluminum car components by forcing car makers to implement expensive clean-up systems.
The final design of the car isn't as iconoclastic as Gehry's Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, but Mitchell's team have made a clean break from all other aspects of car design, focussing on the relationship between people within cities and cars.
Clean the receipts out of your wallet and car several times a week.
At a huge block of opulent company flats opposite its headquarters, the car-park floors are scrubbed clean every day, and the gardens repeatedly landscaped.
Automakers, whose traditional business model is built around supplying cars to car dealers, might use a clean sheet of paper to lay out business models where they engage more directly with consumers and share in the multitrillion-dollar revenue stream associated with cars.
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Common exemptions include where a hosepipe is used to clean cars, windows or outdoor surfaces - this covers car washing businesses and window cleaners.
Starting from a clean slate, the concept of a small battery-powered car that could be stacked at various pick-up points around a city took shape.
Paul sees SideCar as a clean tech company, because it can help reduce the need for car ownership.
Gigabyte really talked up the sports car stylings of the X11, but this machine is clean and sleek rather than loud and gaudy like Acer's Ferrari-branded range.
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Traffic cones, road signs, bottles, shoes and an old black and white car registration plate were among the rubbish found in a clean-up of Windermere in the Lake District.
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In many communities, car dealers are the most prominent local businesses, supporting everything from neighborhood clean-up drives to local Little League teams.
They told me to clean out my desk and turn in my credit card and the keys to my company car.
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Google, which has made big investments in wind, solar and electric car technologies, has never been shy about using its brand to promote stronger clean tech policies.
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Add VPG to the growing list of recent green car failures: Bright Automotive (electric delivery vans) , Carbon Motors (clean diesel-powered police cars), Aptera Motors (three-wheeled electric cars), Coda Automotive (inexpensive electric sedans) and, arguably the most infamous, Fisker Automotive (plug-in hybrid sports cars).
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Little, a consultancy that has investigated the matter, the running costs to a driver of a fuel-cell car that gets its hydrogen from natural gas would be comparable to those of one that used clean petrol.
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