With summer driving season getting into full swing and perhaps your service drive becoming even busier, FrogData rolled out its newest tool this week. FrogData launched FixedOps Mojo, a service management dashboard that’s designed to optimize fixed operations for dealerships. Part of the WarrantyBoost+ solution, FixedOps Mojo leverages artificial intelligence-driven data analytics to provide actionable […] [Read More]

Shortly after his firm advised STELLA Automotive AI on its $19.7 million Series A financing round, The Presidio Group CEO Brodie Cobb joined the Auto Remarketing Podcast for a conversation about the automotive investment landscape. Cobb and Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby discuss why dealer groups and auto industry incumbents have become busy […] [Read More]

Two automotive technology companies are teaming up with the goal of elevating dealerships’ online presence. Reynolds and Reynolds and DealerOn announced a partnership to integrate DealerOn’s sales and marketing enablement technology with Reynolds’ dealership software. The companies said their development efforts will give dealers the opportunity to “enhance their holistic view of the consumer” through […] [Read More]

Former Kelley Blue Book publisher Bob Kelley, whose family founded the vehicle guide in 1926, died Tuesday at 96 in Indian Wells, Calif., according to an obituary shared by son-in-law Charlie Vogelheim. Kelley began his auto career at the family’s dealership, Kelley Kar Company, which along with KBB, was founded by his uncle Les Kelley […] [Read More]

Repairify is investing in the future of auto repair. The auto service/repair technology and data provider announced a donation of more than $180,000 worth of diagnostic tools to the automotive technology program of Collin College in North Texas as part of the company’s initiative with the Repairify Institute to support automotive training. The automotive technology […] [Read More]

DAS Technology’s collaboration with General Motors is going deeper. All the way down into the data mine. The automotive technology company announced it’s expanding its partnership with GM by joining the automaker’s equity mining program. DAS said its consumer data and experience platform, CDXP Complete, includes equity mining capabilities such as matching customers with equity […] [Read More]

SafePoint Dealer Services recently launched several new features designed to give dealerships control over communication with their customers while increasing monthly service revenue by 10-15% monthly. With newly enhanced GPS tracking and monitoring tools, alongside robust connected vehicle technology, Safepoint dealerships can take advantage of the following benefits: —A direct communication channel between the dealer […] [Read More]

Australia-based mobility software provider Loopit has raised $3.95 million in pre-Series A funding to enter the U.S. market. The company’s technology allows automakers, dealers and rental car companies to provide vehicle usage models like car subscriptions and micro-leasing. Porsche, Subaru, Polestar and SIXT are among the companies to which it provides mobility management software. The […] [Read More]

CarNow is now part of Amazon’s universe. The automotive digital retail software provider announced it has joined the Amazon Web Services Partner Network (APN) as a software partner. The APN is a global community of AWS partners that leverage programs, expertise and resources to build, market and sell customer offerings. CarNow said membership in the […] [Read More]

Luxury automotive marketplace MPH.com has entered into a strategic partnership to provide car shoppers with CARFAX vehicle history reports for select vehicle listings on the platform. MPH.com said the partnership is designed to build consumer trust, increase quality leads for dealers and accelerate transaction times. The integration of CARFAX reports into the marketplace, MPH.com said, […] [Read More]