Rapid Recon announced Wednesday that it has appointed Bridget Townsend to serve as the company's new vice president of development. Townsend, a leader in automotive software development, who most recently served as chief operating officer and co-founder at Vin Voyager was recognized as a 2014 Women in Remarketing honoree while serving as VP of inventory solutions at Dealertrack Technologies. “Bridget […] [Read More]

Cars.com has unveiled a new social solutions product that is designed to help dealers share their Cars.com used-car listings with active shoppers on Facebook Marketplace. Cars.com announced Tuesday that its new Facebook Marketplace-integrated product, Social Sales Drive, can directly connect dealer's inventory to its business page on Facebook. According to Cars.com, Facebook is two times […] [Read More]

Hertz is looking to make a safe bet on autonomous vehicles in Sin City. Coming on the heels of the rental car company hiring a new chief information officer, Hertz and its fleet management subsidiary, Donlen, on Tuesday announced a new strategic partnership with Aptiv, a global technology company enabling the future of mobility. Hertz […] [Read More]

On Tuesday, HyreCar reported preliminary financial results for the second quarter, and the carsharing start-up appears to be on quite a trajectory. After recently rolling out a successful initial public offering, HyreCar shared that its estimated revenues for the quarterly period that ended June 30 are expected to be approximately $2.1 million, an increase of […] [Read More]

Cox Automotive’s HomeNet Automotive said Tuesday it is launching a rebranding campaign. The project is designed to help dealers and HomeNet partners improve online vehicle merchandising efforts, the company said in a news release. It plans to take “a more prominent role in providing services that help (dealers) achieve their dealership objectives,” HomeNet said. “It’s […] [Read More]

Since partnering with Princeton University to make the Enterprise CarShare service readily available to commuters who are interested in on-demand transportation, popularity for the service has tripled in size since its inception, the company announced recently. At a time when Princeton is looking to cut down on the amount of single-occupancy vehicles driven around campus, Enterprise […] [Read More]

eCarOne and Essence Maserati, Alfa Romeo are the latest dealerships to employ the Flexdrive car subscription platform. And eCarOne is the first independent dealership to offer Alfa Romeo vehicles using the service. This news comes on the heels of Flexdrive’s recent expansion in South Florida and Denmark within the past two months. The company has partnered with Florida Fine […] [Read More]

In less than seven months, tech start-up Joydrive is well on its way toward its growth objectives for helping dealerships connect with vehicle buyers who want to complete delivery at home. According to a recent news release, Joydrive has expanded from one store and 500 used vehicles available for an online transaction to approximately 50 […] [Read More]

Add Washington, D.C. to the list of markets where Clutch Technologies now has a presence. A vehicle subscription service known as inride has launched at the Koons of Silver Spring dealership in D.C. area. Clutch, which provides the technology to companies offering vehicle subscription, now lists inride among its customers. In a news release, inride co-founder […] [Read More]

At a time when ridesharing services are expanding more and more each day — Uber outpaces all other companies. That's according to new study findings from the ABI Research firm on the strength of today’s leading ridesharing providers across the globe. The company announced last week that Uber ranks No. 1 in a competitive assessment […] [Read More]