Claim: BlueTec technology, on the Ward's 10 Best Engines list for 2007 and 2008, is owned by Daimler and licensed out to Volkswagon and Audi.
Evidence: BlueTEC is Daimler AG's marketing name for engines equipped with advanced NOx reducing technology for vehicle emissions control in diesel-powered vehicles. The BlueTEC was on the Ward's 10 Best Engines list for 2007 and 2008. VW introduced the Jetta Clean TDI, the Tiguan concept, and the Touareg BlueTDI as part of the BlueTec licensing program. Daimler AG has entered into an agreement with Volkswagen and Audi to share BlueTEC technology with them in order to increase the Diesel passenger-vehicle market in the United States.