EverFleet, which offers a leasing platform for commercial fleet owners and drivers, has partnered with DoorDash to provide used electric vehicles to qualified “Dashers.” The pilot begins in the Los Angeles/Inland Empire market, where EverFleet will deploy up to 25 EVs to qualifying DoorDash drivers through EverFleet’s short-term EV leasing models. The two companies will […] [Read More]

Dealerships often provide test drives for potential buyers considering a used vehicle, so vAuto is doing the same thing for its dealer clients. On Friday, the Cox Automotive provider of inventory management and pricing solutions announced availability of vAuto Test Drive for dealers to preview and test emerging product innovations and provide feedback before broad […] [Read More]

This week, STELLA Automotive AI appointed Jennifer Powell as its new vice president of operations, bringing more than two decades of leadership experience in operations, business transformation, program management, and organizational excellence. Powell most recently served as executive vice president of program management and operations with MRM. In her new role, Powell will oversee STELLA’s […] [Read More]

CDK will have a new chief executive on Oct. 5. The company said Thursday that Sudhakar Ramakrishna will become its president and CEO, succeeding the retiring Brian MacDonald. Ramakrishna, who was most recently CEO of SolarWinds, will also become a member of CDK’s board of directors. MacDonald will serve as a senior strategic advisor to […] [Read More]

Numa has expanded through M&A. The company, which provides an artificial intelligence operating system for car dealers, said Wednesday it has acquired SocketTime, a fixed-ops software company designed to help dealers with service scheduling, advisor writeup, dispatch, technician utilization, MPI workflows, recon, and customer communication. Numa says blending its own AI agents and customer communication […] [Read More]

Mobility Global Inc., which launched as an independent public company on July 1, has released its financial results for the second quarter ending June 30. The company — whose core brands include IHS Markit, Polk, automotiveMastermind, Market Scan and Carfax — pulled in revenues of $468 million in the second quarter, a 7% year-over-year increase. […] [Read More]

Last month, FM Capital completed a follow-on, secondary share purchase six months after first investing in Impel because, “When we first invested in Impel, we believed they were one of the companies best positioned to lead the next phase of automotive AI.” On Tuesday, FM Capital used similar reasoning and made a strategic investment in DLRdmv, […] [Read More]