Sirius XM Connected Vehicle Services and RapidSOS, the emergency technology company that connects millions of devices to more than 4,700 emergency communications centers, today announced a joint effort to digitally transmit vehicle crash data to 911 immediately following a crash-related vehicle emergency. By linking vehicle and crash data from Sirius XM Connected Vehicle Services’ ACN+ […] [Read More]

Jim Menard’s professional automotive career includes senior leadership roles at Dominion Dealer Solutions, TrueCar, Autotrader, vAuto and Search Optics. Now Menard is with CallRevu, which offers automotive conversation intelligence featuring call data, tracking and advanced machine monitoring powered by artificial intelligence to help dealers connect and communicate with customers to close deals. Menard joined CallRevu […] [Read More]

The live sessions of the all-digital Auto Intel Summit resume Monday with two midday general sessions.   The first is the “Auto Industry Venture Capital Fireside Chat — Exploring the 2020 Environment” session, which will be moderated by Spiffy co-founder and CEO Scot Wingo. It includes the following panelists from the investment community: — Jason Caplain, Co-Founder and […] [Read More]

As they say, there’s an app for that. On Wednesday, Auto Auction Services Corp. (AutoIMS) announced a new mobile application for its members. The company highlighted the AutoIMS app was designed to offer users the most vital data and features of its inventory management system in the palms of their hands. Provided to users at […] [Read More]

Carvana recently made an array of upgrades to its imaging technology to promote the more than 15,000 vehicles it currently has in its online inventory. While the technology is meant to help the digital retailer move its late-model inventory, Carvana wanted to highlight the capabilities even more, so it is giving car enthusiasts the opportunity […] [Read More]

Late-model vehicles that go through auction lanes and dealership service drives oftentimes have incredible safety features, such as blind-spot monitoring, backup cameras and adaptive cruise control. Jeff Jury is senior and general manager of automotive at Xperi, which develops safety technologies that enable advanced driver-assistance systems at all levels. Jury joined the Auto Remarketing Podcast […] [Read More]

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]