Cox Automotive continues to leverage the pieces of its service portfolio to benefit dealerships and other industry segments. The latest example involves Manheim and vAuto with the goal of helping dealers reduce depreciation risk and drive greater inventory profitability. The company recently highlighted that new functionality in vAuto’s Provision can enable clients to request a […] [Read More]

AutoAlert has named former incadea chief executive Allan Stejskal to serve as its new CEO, replacing Mike Dullea. His background also includes time at AutoNation, where he was senior vice president and chief information officer, as well as time as vice president/general manager of the DMS, sales and F&I solutions segments at Dealertrack. “Allan is […] [Read More]

RAVIN.AI, a developer of vehicle inspection technologies, recently announced an investment round led by Fraser McCombs Capital, while also bringing on auto  industry executive Jim O’Brien as its Americas general manager. The company said in a news release it plans on using the funding round for North American growth and to further develop its platform. […] [Read More]

Dealership showrooms aren’t necessarily the primary place managers, salespeople and other personnel cater to potential vehicle buyers nowadays. To help optimize operations and ease daily workloads, Dealertrack DMS recently introduced three new integrations geared toward helping dealership staff — regardless of whether they are working in-store or remotely — root out time-intensive, manual processes slowing […] [Read More]

Part II of the all-digital Auto Intel Summit’s live sessions begins with a look at the role of venture capital in the world of automotive technology. The “Auto Industry Venture Capital Fireside Chat — Exploring the 2020 Environment” session will be moderated by Spiffy co-founder and CEO Scot Wingo and include the following panelists from […] [Read More]

Black Widow reinforced its leadership on Tuesday with a technology expert who arrives from ADESA. The automated imaging company with a drive-through camera system that can capture images and 360-degree virtual tours within seconds named Chris Dillow as chief technology officer. Black Widow said Dillow, who brings more than 30 years of enterprise information technology […] [Read More]

Pivet, which is part of Cox Automotive Mobility Group, recently partnered with Georgia Power and ChargePoint — a provider of electric vehicle charging networks — for a project that the parent company says was one of the Southeast’s largest EV charging single property installations. Installed through the project at the Pivet Atlanta facility, which is […] [Read More]

Another former high-level Cox Automotive executive has landed with a different automotive technology company. Sid Nair, who spent a little less than a year as chief sales officer at Cox Automotive, on Monday became chief executive officer at Affinitiv, a leading provider of data-driven marketing and software solutions to the automotive market. Affinitiv also announced […] [Read More]

CallRevu recently hired a new vice president of sales whose professional background included time with a large dealership as well as CDK Global. Taking on this role for the provider of automotive conversation intelligence, featuring call data, tracking and advanced machine monitoring with artificial intelligence for dealers, is Justin DePasquale, who is being asked to […] [Read More]

If a piece of inventory arrives at your store on Monday, Rapid Recon wants that vehicle standing tall on the front line by Friday — if not sooner. The workflow management solution for vehicle reconditioning designed to help franchised, independent and buy-here, pay-here dealers, announced on Monday that dealerships in every U.S. state now can […] [Read More]