GOOD ENERGY TAXI

TitleGOOD ENERGY TAXI
BrandMERCURY ENERGY
Product / ServiceMERCURY GOOD ENERGY TAXI
CategoryC05. Transit
EntrantTBWA\DIGITAL ARTS NETWORK Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
Entrant Company:TBWA\DIGITAL ARTS NETWORK Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
Advertising Agency:TBWA\DIGITAL ARTS NETWORK Auckland, NEW ZEALAND

Credits

Name Position
Andy Blood Executive Creative Director
Ross Howard Creative Director
Johannes Gertz Producer
Mandy Eckford/Sarah Osbourne Account Manager
Mandy Eckford/Sarah Osbourne Account Manager
Digital Creative: Jake Fitter - Digital Designer: David Minty - Other Credits

Execution

Introducing Mercury Energy’s ‘Good Energy’ Taxi - a taxi cab that runs on nothing but the good vibes between people: between passengers, the driver, pedestrians and anyone that might come into contact with it. We obtained one of the worlds most environmentally friendly cars from 'Green Cab's' and applied a new Mercury Energy wrap to the whole cab to create the Good Energy Taxi. Instead of passengers having to pay for a fare with cash, we just asked them to pay with ‘good energy’ – by having fun, by being kind and sharing their own good natured-ness with those around them. Every positive tweet, every Facebook like, and every generous act , gives the taxi’s battery a boost allowing it to go further, and to make its way around our city. In only two weeks, the good energy generated by over 500 passengers fuelled the taxi over 2,700km and made hundreds of smiles and heaps of good deeds all possible. In doing so, we emphasized the ‘car’ in good Karma. And ‘paid it forward’ so no-one had to pay a fare. All hail the Good Energy Taxi.