Zoombak telematics devices have GPS receivers and cellphone service built in. GPS satellite signals can often be blocked in urban areas especially, but cellphone towers can provide less accurate locations which are better than nothing.
Ford, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercury and Toyota offer self-parking options on nine models. Few people purchase it for $395 to $4,500 as most don't frequently parallel park.
Kbb.com data indicates the average 3-year residual value for new Toyota vehicles has increased 4.2 percent year-over-year, based in part on March incentives, in keeping with the industry year-over-year increase of 6.2 percent.
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation just officially debuted its electric walk-in van at the NTEA's Work Truck Show. Freightliner partnered with Enova to produce the 120 kilowatt all-electric drive system with several chassis platforms including the Freightliner's MT-45 WIV shown at Work Truck Show. They're now ready to accelerate plans to bring the vehicles to corporate fleets.
General Motors is now testing out a new hydrogen fuel cell system that it expects to be ready for production by 2015. It's only half the size of the one used in the Chevrolet Equinox test vehicle - it's 220 pounds lighter and uses about one-third less platinum, the company said.