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Newsby StaffOctober 30, 2019

Jeep Wrangler Again Tops Residual Value List

Jeep's four-door Wrangler has placed at the top of a list of 10 vehicles that retain the highest percentage of their value over a five-year period, according to the latest report from iSeeCars.

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Newsby StaffOctober 29, 2019

Drunk Driving Fatalities Drop 3.6%

In 2018, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports 10,511 people lost their lives in collisions involving drunk driving as compared with 10,908 in 2017, representing a 3.6% decrease.

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Newsby StaffOctober 22, 2019

43% of Commercial Trucks Now Using Cleaner Diesel Tech

Of the 11 million diesel-powered commercial (Class 3-8) vehicles on the road, new research from the Diesel Technology Forum shows that 43% are now using cleaner burning technology, including selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and particulate control.

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Newsby StaffOctober 17, 2019

Nearly 80% of People Won't Snooze in an AV

Some 79% of people said they would not be able to fall asleep in a self-driving car—indicating a continued emotional discomfort with the technology, according to a new survey from The Zebra.

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Newsby StaffOctober 16, 2019

Pickups Still a Weighty Crash Concern

Recent research shows better crash compatibility between cars and today's SUVs offers some protection for drivers, but pickups still represent an outsize danger when they collide with cars — and the weight imbalance is probably the reason.

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Newsby Paul ClintonSeptember 4, 2019

Commercial Fleet Sales Move 10% Higher in August

Commercial fleet sales increased 9.9% in August, while government sales fell 15.3% and daily rental sales increased 44.7%.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 4, 2019

Wholesale Values Stable at Start of September

Overall vehicle values last week were stable, as the anticipation for Labor Day kept bidding strong at auctions, according to Black Book’s Sept. 3 Market Insights report.

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Newsby StaffAugust 26, 2019

Roadway Fatalities Fell 3% Through June

The number of U.S. motor vehicle deaths in the first six months of 2019 was 18,580 as compared to 19,060 for the same six-month period in 2018, according to a preliminary estimate from the National Safety Council.

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Newsby StaffAugust 13, 2019

More than a Quarter of Americans Won’t Ride Autonomous Vehicles

Some 44% of Americans said they would ride in a self-driving Uber vehicle today as compared with 35% who said they would never do so, according to a new survey from DriversEd.com.

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Newsby StaffAugust 12, 2019

Ride-Hailing: A Major Contributor to City Congestion

The study, commissioned by Uber and Lyft themselves, exposes the ride-hailing congestion problem - and it's worse than we thought. However, Uber says the scale "is dwarfed by that of private cars and commercial vehicles."

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