If you ask Spencer Scott why CarGurus launched its Real-time Performance Marketing suite nationwide, he starts by saying that dealers noticed how CarGurus had grown its own audience. “And they were turning to us to ask us how they could do that for their own website,” said Scott, who is the company's senior vice president of […] [Read More]

Saying the new company serves a list of clients that includes 90% of the world’s automotive and global customer experience sector companies, InMoment and MaritzCX said they have agreed to combine the two companies. “This industry needs a new and disruptive approach if we truly wish to transform the way businesses look to improve experiences and results,” […] [Read More]

One of the companies scheduled to appear again during the upcoming Automotive Intelligence Summit is broadening its physical footprint in the cradle of so many other fintech firms and startups. Spiffy, an on-demand car care, technology and services company, announced the opening of a new office in the San Francisco Bay area. Leadership explained on […] [Read More]

Online used-car marketplace Shift has added a few new wrinkles to its offering, including digitally scheduled service and repairs and an avenue where customers throughout the country can buy vehicles directly online.  Shift, which in a news release Tuesday also announced new facilities in California, has launched a new direct online car-buying option, a pre-qualification […] [Read More]

Gary Tucker says locating and recovering loaner vehicles is challenging for rental and fleet managers. But it is just as challenging for dealership operators, said Tucker, who is chief executive officer for Zubie, a connected-car platform and telematics data insights provider. “We are enthusiastic about our partnership with AutoMap, giving dealership general managers a proven […] [Read More]

CDK Global pivoted its operations this week by selling a segment to Ansira Partners, an independent global marketing services and solutions company. On Thursday, the company announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell all assets of the company’s digital marketing business — including all advertising solutions and website services — to Ansira Partners. […] [Read More]

You have likely heard of the acronym “ACES” or “CASE” to describe four areas in which technology and innovation are rapidly changing automotive. Those four areas being, in whichever order put them, autonomy, connectivity, electrification and shared mobility. Over at Autotech Ventures, they actually use the past tense of one of these acronyms: adding a […] [Read More]

Since many potential buyers research and shop for vehicles online quite extensively nowadays, Experian wanted to make a crucial piece of information — a vehicle’s history — more readily accessible so dealers can retail more units to these customers. Unveiled this past weekend at NADA Show 2020, Experian announced an exclusive relationship with CarZing, an […] [Read More]

Software, consulting services and training provider KPA will release a new software platform that allows organizations to perform functions such as conduct mobile audits and inspections consistently across multiple facilities. KPA, which provides its services in the areas of workforce compliance and environment, health and safety, or EHS, says the new software platform, called Vera […] [Read More]

When Fraser McCombs Capital, an investment firm in the auto technology and mobility space, started nearly a decade ago, “a lot of people thought we were crazy,” says managing partner Chase Fraser. “Auto tech didn’t exist, really,” Fraser said in a phone interview. “I’d raise money and people said, ‘well, are you going to go […] [Read More]