Jeff Van Dongen says the COVID-19 pandemic brought on a need for effective and safe disinfectants, developed specifically for automotive. Van Dongen is chief executive officer of motormindz, and the company recently announced a strategic partnership with vehicle-cleanliness products and hygienic consulting company NuVinAir Global. motormindz will assist the industry expansion of NuVinAir’s Total Health […] [Read More]

Mike Bliss says car keys are now “more complex than ever.” Bliss is vice president of sales and marketing at automotive key replacement company, Car Keys Express, and he said consumers are facing difficulty in finding retailers that cut keys, “especially high-security, laser-cut keys.” Because of that, Car Keys Express has released a mobile application […] [Read More]

Technology provider Dealer-FX says interacting in a self-serve, mobile-centric capacity is “increasingly important to vehicle owners.” The company, stating it is designing services “with that exact approach in mind,” has enhanced its end-to-end service suite, which includes self-service for the consumer. The company’s newest addition is “payments,” and that addition gives consumers an increased ability […] [Read More]

Shift’s merger and journey toward becoming a publicly traded company on Nasdaq first announced back in June took an important step forward on Thursday. The vehicle ecommerce platform announced that the registration statement on Form S-4 filed by Insurance Acquisition Corp., to the previously announced business combination with Shift has been declared effective by the […] [Read More]

Dealers that utilize TrueCar now have more tools from the provider to use — for free. TrueCar announced on Thursday that it is offering complimentary access to its Payments and Trade Retail Solutions tools for network dealers. The company said the tools are available for onboarding starting now to franchised dealers and are planned to […] [Read More]

Digital advertising platform Netsertive has named a chief financial officer and a chief revenue officer, stating the two positions will support the company’s next phase of growth. The new leaders are CFO Sean Witty and CRO Peter Durand, and they will also support Netsertive’s “go-to-market plans to help clients deploy localized digital advertising at scale,” […] [Read More]

Despite COVID-19 safety and travel regulations, CDK Global has completed one of its largest installations of its core dealership management system product for all Greenway Automotive Group dealerships. CDK said it completed the multi-site and multi-state installation of the DMS product, called CDK Drive, for 46 dealerships across eight states for Greenway, which serves customers in […] [Read More]

Car buying and financing services startup Carsfast says Chicago residents have welcomed its contactless service, which according to the company allows people to shop and get financed for near-new cars, all from their cell phone. “We are thrilled to launch this new artificial intelligence technology in the Chicago market,” the company’s chief executive officer and […] [Read More]

Online reputation services provider Friendemic has integrated CARFAX reviews into its Reputation Accelerator product, and Friendemic says that with 19 million consumers visiting the CARFAX site monthly, the integration will “help bring a new level of awareness and engagement to dealership management.” Friendemic provides online reputation services built specifically for the needs of the automotive […] [Read More]

Because of health concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic, only three out of 10 people feel confident when traveling. That is according to a recent survey from on-demand car care, technology and services company Get Spiffy. With that in mind, Get Spiffy has released its SpiffySafe vehicle disinfection verification app for iPhone and Android devices. […] [Read More]