Through a collaboration between Hyundai, Pony.ai and Via, Irvine, Calif., residents can use an app to hail an autonomous Hyundai KONA Electric SUV directly from their smartphone. The companies last week unveiled BotRide, which they describe as a shared, on-demand, autonomous vehicle service operating on public roads. Starting on Monday, a fleet of self-driving KONAs […] [Read More]

A “long time ago” and before his days with Apple, Steve Wozniak had a Jaguar. “And it broke down a lot. Things were broken on it a lot,” Wozniak told a group of reporters at J.D. Power’s Auto Revolution conference here last week. “And I took it into the dealer and instantly, every time, they […] [Read More]

TechForce Foundation and America’s Automotive Trust say their new alliance focuses on programming that does two things. First, the programming celebrates the past, present and future of mobility. And second, it inspires future generations of students to consider a career path in automotive technology. TechForce Foundation works to guide students to and through their technical […] [Read More]

Mike Hanna says his company’s platform “geo-automates complex reconditioning tasks.” “Our platform basically puts vehicle recon on ‘autopilot,’” said Hanna, who is chief executive officer of TrueSpot, a new Internet of Things asset location platform. Last week, the company announced the commercial launch of TrueRecon, a reconditioning tracking platform for auto dealers. TrueSpot said it […] [Read More]

In his new position as senior vice president of sales and customer success for TapClassifieds, Mark Salcido will lead the company’s overall sales strategy and development, with a goal of boosting the company’s automotive digital marketing market presence. TapClassifieds, which describes itself as a digital marketing platform that can help automotive dealers “reach and engage […] [Read More]

With a joint pilot project including 25 participating Porsche dealers, the luxury automaker has launched online car sales in the United States for its stores.  Porsche said the pilot project will feature new and pre-owned in-stock vehicles. The project combines shopping from browsers or mobile devices with completing the paperwork on-screen. That, according to the company, shortens […] [Read More]

Technology company Driven Data has launched its next-generation automotive industry marketing platform, stating that it uses “prescriptive marketing” to help dealers “unlock the power of their existing operational data to inform marketing decisions.” The company says its platform powers advanced features such as its budget optimization engine. The engine optimizes daily spending based on a […] [Read More]

According to a news release distributed on Thursday, CARFAX filed a complaint this month as a first step toward stopping businesses from illegally accessing its data. The suit was filed against Patrick K. Willis Company Inc., doing business as American Recovery Service (ARS). CARFAX said ARS is one of several companies that the vehicle history report […] [Read More]

Monitoring and managing online customer feedback is a crucial step in protecting a dealer’s reputation. That is according to Cody Lusk of the American International Automobile Dealers Association, which on Thursday announced a new affinity partnership with Podium, which collects and manages business reviews and messages in one central inbox.  “By allowing dealerships to become […] [Read More]

Mark Lanwehr describes Car Keys Express as the first and only company to offer a line of modern, aftermarket keys, and he says that allows retailers and key professionals to offer customers an alternative to what he describes as “expensive OEM devices.” Lanwehr is founder and chief executive officer of Car Keys Express LLC, and […] [Read More]