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]

It's another "Joe Show" on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, Joe Kacala, chief product officer at automotiveMastermind, chats with Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby about the latest used-car product launches at the company and why data mining is important in finding ideal ready-to-buy customers and potential used cars to fill up inventory. […] [Read More]

In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits connects with Glenn Hemminger of UVeye, an Israel-based provider of contactless vehicle inspection systems. UVeye first built its technology for the security sector for use in weapons, explosives, drug and other contraband detection, the company said. That technology is used internationally at […] [Read More]

With close to two decades of automotive technology experience and executive level roles at LivePerson and LotLinx, Denise Chudy now is taking on her next professional challenge as chief growth officer at Friendemic. The provider of an online reputation solution built specifically for the needs of the automotive industry and dealerships, in particular, also said […] [Read More]

Nick Zulovich welcomed the most guests ever to appear in a single episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss a complicated topic: personal information contained within a vehicle’s infotainment system. The guests included Matt Arias, associate vice president of operations at America’s Auto Auction, Keely Smith, director of business services at AutoIMS, and Privacy4Cars.com […] [Read More]