Digital marketplace IAA is enhancing its vehicle management system, CSAToday, by integrating data from its Interactive merchandising platform. CSAToday is IAA’s inventory management system that sellers use to manage their vehicle assets. With the enhancement, images, video and vehicle details from IAA’s recently announced interactive merchandising platform flow directly into CSAToday. According to IAA, that provides information toward […] [Read More]

After announcing its plans to go public last month, online auto retailer Vroom said Tuesday it has launched the initial public offering of 18.75 million shares of its common stock. Vroom said the expected price for the shares is between $15 and $17 per share. It is expected that underwriters will have 30 days to buy […] [Read More]

Global automotive software and data company Renovo has chosen Parasoft's C/C++test and its Automotive Compliance Pack to aid the safe development, deployment nand operation of ADAS fleets at scale. Renovo chief technology officer Jason Stinson said Renovo was “an innovator in advanced data infrastructure.” “Renovo will utilize Parasoft C/C++test to achieve vital safety and quality […] [Read More]

Universal Technical Institute is distributing grants to more than 10,000 students training for careers as transportation technicians, welders and computer numerical control machinists. With the cash grants, students impacted by the COVID-19 crisis will receive help with expenses such as food, housing, child care, transportation and technology. UTI, which provides technical training for automotive, diesel, […] [Read More]

Eliron Ekstein, co-founder and chief executive officer of Ravin.AI, joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast from Israel, where he chats remotely with Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits.  They discuss the background of the UK-headquartered company — which offers automated inspections of vehicles, using "computer vision and deep learning to detect and monitor vehicle condition," according to […] [Read More]

Melanie Hamilton says that even with the current COVID-19 situation, Americans still need cars. “And what better way is there to learn about the latest vehicles than on the biggest screen in their home,” said Hamilton, who is head of enterprise sales for Effectv. Effectv is the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable, and the […] [Read More]

Automotive CRM company Momentum CRM has partnered with automotiveMastermind, an automotive industry provider of predictive analytics and marketing automation services. Momentum CRM recently changed its user interface to include a dedicated section within its dashboard for Mastermind’s predictive analytics data through the company’s sales and marketing platform, Market EyeQ. The companies said they partnered “to […] [Read More]

Earlier this year, Beep, an autonomous vehicle mobility solutions company, made an executive with a history in journalism their chief marketing officer. Raquel Asa was appointed to the position for the Florida-based company on March 2. Beep’s autonomous mobility platform is designed to provide safe, efficient movement of passengers between defined locations. According to the […] [Read More]

Matt Murray says online customer engagement through reviews and social media has a strong impact on search rankings today. Murray is founder and chief executive officer of Widewail, an automotive industry reputation management and social media engagement service. Murray says that engagement can have an immediate influence on a customer’s decision to buy, recommend, or make […] [Read More]

With a new feature from dealership management system software provider Auto/Mate, customers can pay service repair orders and parts invoices without having to step inside the dealership. Auto/Mate is a business unit of DealerSocket, and the company says that with the new feature, called Remote Payments, dealership personnel can now send customers emails containing a […] [Read More]