AuctionACCESS and Manheim say that dealers can now scan their AuctionACCESS Mobile Card at all check-in kiosks at Manheim U.S. auction locations, and that means those dealers can securely validate their identity and receive a bidder badge to enter the auction lanes. AuctionACCESS is a credentialing system for the wholesale automotive industry, and AuctionACCESS senior […] [Read More]

Clutch Technologies finalized a pair of relationships on Monday to expand its presence in the vehicle-subscription space. First, AmeriDrive, operator of one of the largest subscription fleets in North America, chose Clutch Technologies to power the all-new AmeriDrive portfolio of subscription services. Then, HyreCar announced a partnership with Clutch Technologies, a Cox Automotive brand. In […] [Read More]

At Used Car Week 2018 as well as last summer’s gathering of the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA), Andrea Amico described risk many automotive-industry segments face in connection with Personally Identifiable Information (PII) stored in a vehicle’s technology system. On Friday, Amico — founder of Privacy4Cars.com — described the headway his firm made in reducing […] [Read More]

Potential buyers sometimes can quickly sour on a vehicle in your inventory if it has an unresolved recall. To help used-car managers track recalls, AutoMap has integrated AutoAp’s comprehensive safety recall management technology into its solution, helping dealers reduce safety recall liability and increase warranty reimbursement revenue in addition to their automated vehicle electronic-tagging, location […] [Read More]

SureSale, which offers a standardized certification-as-a-service platform designed to broaden dealers’ certified pre-owned inventory beyond OEM programs, has closed a $7 million Series A round of funding led by Upfront Ventures. Upfront Ventures, which has previously provided funding for the likes of TrueCar and Dealertrack, was joined by seed-round leader Coffin Capital and Ventures and […] [Read More]

Sam Zales says CarGurus’ employees “are at the center of CarGurus’ success and future growth.” Last year, Fortune named CarGurus to its “Great Places to Work” list, and the company made Computerworld’s “Best Place to Work in IT” list. “And we are hyper-focused on supporting and developing our teams while continuing to attract world-class talent,” […] [Read More]

Absolute Sourcing is a new feature to DealerSocket’s Inventory+ that the company says “takes a dealer’s buy/sell list to the next level.” It does that by showing dealers where to acquire vehicles that fit in their inventory. Absolute Sourcing and New Car Pricing are two enhancements that DealerSocket will unveil at NADA this year, and […] [Read More]

Spireon’s latest tool that the company says is the first connected car solution truly designed for franchise dealers is set to roll out this month. Leveraging the strategic integrations with Cox Automotive’s HomeNet and Dealertrack DMS as well as CDK Global, and Reynolds and Reynolds, Spireon highlighted the six primary capabilities of Kahu Connect, which […] [Read More]

Autonomous mobility solutions company Beep says its advisory board members play an important role in the company’s long-term strategic direction and decisions. On Tuesday, the company announced that former Volkswagen Group of North America chief executive officer Hinrich Woebcken would be contributing to that direction and those decisions as its newest advisory board member. Florida-based […] [Read More]

The National Automobile Dealers Association says its new NADA Analytics platform gives subscribing NADA 20 Group members the ability to navigate, view and compare different reports that compile data from various sources. Those sources, according to NADA, include Google Analytics and Facebook, and industry-specific third-parties such as Cox Automotive (Autotrader and vAuto). NADA says the […] [Read More]