AVILOO, a Europe-based provider of electric vehicle battery diagnostics that entered the U.S. market in 2024, now has a leader for its American operation. Auto industry veteran Brett Lippel has been named CEO of AVILOO Northern America to drive strategic growth and nationwide adoption of its battery testing technology. His mission, the company said, is […] [Read More]

The automotive wholesale ecosystem has always relied on trust. Dealers trust auctions. Auctions trust carriers. Carriers trust brokers. And somewhere in the middle of that chain, vehicles move across the country every day with the expectation that they will arrive where they are supposed to, in the condition they were sold. Most of the time, […] [Read More]

Concluding our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Tony Rimas, who is vice president of global revenue at XPEL Inc. Rimas — an avid biker who swam and ran track & field and cross country in college — talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about a career […] [Read More]

There’s a new used-car marketplace in town — if your town is in Arizona. UsedCars.com, powered by AutoWeb, announced the regional launch of its marketplace, billed as “zero-risk”, in Arizona, beginning with dealers in the Phoenix, Prescott, Mesa and Tucson markets. In a news release, AutoWeb said the platform connects buyers with dealers at the […] [Read More]

Cox Automotive’s EV Battery Solutions business isn’t done even when a battery is. The company announced it has reached a milestone in electric vehicle battery recycling, having processed and recovered more than 10 million pounds of black mass — material containing minerals that can be refined and reused to help produce new batteries — from […] [Read More]

Two years ago today, eSTART got its start. The Electronic Secure Title and Registration Transformation Coalition — better known throughout the auto industry as the eSTART Coalition — was born March 13, 2024, when 18 organizations joined together to advocate for the modernization of the title and registration process. Since then, eSTART has grown from […] [Read More]

UVeye’s list of industry partners continues to grow. The provider of artificial intelligence-powered vehicle inspection technology said it has teamed with TSD Mobility to create a “fair, transparent and automated process” for managing vehicle condition throughout the rental or dealership loaner lifecycle. In a news release, the companies said the partnership allows rental companies and […] [Read More]