Automotive Lease Guide won't begin predicting hybrid residuals until 2008 models, citing skimpy data on technology reliability, resale values, and consumer demand. The future popularity of alternative-fuel technology could offer serious competition for today's gasoline-electric hybrids, affecting their resale values. Uncertainties are prompting insurance companies to insure hybrids for 70 to 80 percent of their projected residual value.
The 67 private truck fleets surveyed concerned about fuel costs and safety risks. Most delaying purchase of new 2007 diesel engines and turning to telematics to solve a variety of problems.
AirSage can track Sprint/Nextel phones and provide traffic flow data in XML format to multiple devices for use in avoiding trouble spots
Wholesale prices of hybrids are dropping across the country, but a Prius with a sticker commands higher numbers in California