LaFontaine Automotive Group is making it easier for consumers to get a routine check-up on their cars. The dealership group has partnered with vehicle data intelligence company UVeye to deploy its artificial intelligence-powered vehicle inspection technology across the retailer’s Michigan dealerships. Customers visiting LaFontaine’s 40-plus locations across the state will be able to utilize UVeye’s […] [Read More]

Tuesday marked the beginning of Nasi Jazayeri as chief executive officer of LeadVenture, which serves as a digital partner for 40,000 dealerships and service centers. According to a news release, Jazayeri succeeds Tim MacDonald, who is transitioning to an advisory role and will continue to serve on LeadVenture’s board of directors. Jazayeri joined LeadVenture after […] [Read More]

What happened during thousands of introductory conversations with automotive industry stakeholders germinated into the new name for AutoAp. This week, the provider of auto recall information and safety recall services announced it has changed its name to The Recall Company. Originating during those initial stakeholder meetings, president Mark Allen explained the new name more accurately […] [Read More]

Here’s a misconception: Shipping electric vehicles is a lot different than shipping gasoline vehicles. “In reality, the process is … nearly identical,” said Chris Velazquez, vice president of sales at Montway Auto Transport. Velazquez, however, notes one main difference: vehicle weight. The dimensions of a gasoline-powered Honda CRV are about the same as a CRV […] [Read More]

After an initial focus on electric vehicles, Autonomy said Wednesday it is adding gas-powered vehicles to its car subscription platform, starting with a range of Ford models. Those include the gas-powered Mustang, Ranger, F-150, Bronco Sport, Escape and Explorer. Los Angeles-based dealer Galpin Motors provided vehicles for this first phase of gas-powered cars on the […] [Read More]

On Thursday, Spyne announced an integration with CDK to publish on the Fortellis Marketplace, which means dealers, developers, and OEMs now have the ability to quickly create new solutions designed to streamline dealer operations. The Fortellis Marketplace is an online automotive commerce exchange that enables an exchange of information and data in an open, secure […] [Read More]

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]