Esurance, a direct-to-consumer insurance company, has released
A user will enter a ZIP Code, and Fuelcaster will display a “buy” or “wait” recommendation, based on whether the price of gas will rise or fall, Esurance said. It will display up to 10 gas stations with the lowest price in a user’s area and the current prices.
Developed in partnership with Deutsch LA’s Inventioni.st group, Fuelcaster is powered by GasBuddy and uses a proprietary algorithm that incorporates pricing signals from industry sources to estimate whether gas prices will rise or fall in a particular ZIP Code, Esurance said.
