CarDr, the provider of the OBDIQ ULTRA diagnostic platform for the wholesale auto industry, has launched a new workflow that records battery resting voltage prior to starting a diagnostic scan on a car. Battery + Engine Scan is designed to allow auto auctions and dealers to interpret diagnostic trouble codes that can come up after […] [Read More]

Last week, Cox Automotive rolled a path to gain more dealer feedback for vAuto. This week, the company used dealer feedback to roll out upgrades for VinSolutions. And according to a Cox Automotive news release, dealers already appreciate the improvements, which include: —Predictive Insights with GenAI: Turns Cox Automotive’s real-time behavioral, transactional, and dealership first-party […] [Read More]

Dealership personnel now can complete another task with a smartphone. Reynolds and Reynolds on Tuesday announced a partnership with RockED with the fruit of it being training on RockED’s mobile app designed to help dealership teams get the most out of products like AutoVision and FOCUS. The companies said the training emphasizes best practices and […] [Read More]

ACV Auctions announced a strategic integration with dealer AI engagement platform DriveCentric on Tuesday that it says will provide dealers with a way to acquire more used cars from their service lanes and lead to new fixed operations revenue opportunities. The integration will combine ACV’s ClearCar pricing engine and VIPER platform (which is a vehicle […] [Read More]

EverFleet, which offers a leasing platform for commercial fleet owners and drivers, has partnered with DoorDash to provide used electric vehicles to qualified “Dashers.” The pilot begins in the Los Angeles/Inland Empire market, where EverFleet will deploy up to 25 EVs to qualifying DoorDash drivers through EverFleet’s short-term EV leasing models. The two companies will […] [Read More]

Dealerships often provide test drives for potential buyers considering a used vehicle, so vAuto is doing the same thing for its dealer clients. On Friday, the Cox Automotive provider of inventory management and pricing solutions announced availability of vAuto Test Drive for dealers to preview and test emerging product innovations and provide feedback before broad […] [Read More]

This week, STELLA Automotive AI appointed Jennifer Powell as its new vice president of operations, bringing more than two decades of leadership experience in operations, business transformation, program management, and organizational excellence. Powell most recently served as executive vice president of program management and operations with MRM. In her new role, Powell will oversee STELLA’s […] [Read More]

CDK will have a new chief executive on Oct. 5. The company said Thursday that Sudhakar Ramakrishna will become its president and CEO, succeeding the retiring Brian MacDonald. Ramakrishna, who was most recently CEO of SolarWinds, will also become a member of CDK’s board of directors. MacDonald will serve as a senior strategic advisor to […] [Read More]

Numa has expanded through M&A. The company, which provides an artificial intelligence operating system for car dealers, said Wednesday it has acquired SocketTime, a fixed-ops software company designed to help dealers with service scheduling, advisor writeup, dispatch, technician utilization, MPI workflows, recon, and customer communication. Numa says blending its own AI agents and customer communication […] [Read More]

The latest move in this summer’s notable development push by Yotta Automated Software Solutions (YASSI) is a physical location in the Windy City. This week, the enterprise vehicle intelligence platform opened its technology innovation center in Chicago, extending the company’s investment in the infrastructure and people behind its growing national platform. Located at Two Prudential […] [Read More]