What was nurtured in the classroom is now ready for deployment to help your dealership service drive. This week, EFG Companies announced the launch of Driver’s Advocate, a mobile app representing the culmination of both the 2015 and 2016 Northwood University Innovator of the Year Award winning products. Driver’s Advocate was designed to foster greater […] [Read More]

TradeRev has announced the release of TradeRev 4.0, the most advanced version of its mobile app. The newly updated platform leverages data and predictive modeling to deploy new features including bid assist, which aims to make digital auctions more efficient by detecting and erasing unrealistic bids using data analytics and machine learning models. Additionally, as […] [Read More]

Here’s another way your dealership staff can highlight a vehicle from General Motors, including some that are certified pre-owned: Explain how they can order coffee from inside the car, truck or crossover that’s equipped with the automaker’s embedded 4G LTE connectivity. Starting Wednesday, GM is rolling out a platform for on-demand reservations and purchases of […] [Read More]

Fastlane recently announced it will enter the independent and used-car dealer market in January. An e-commerce platform that gives automotive dealerships the ability to customize their online check-out processes, Fastlane facilitates an online car buying process that both showcases dealers’ available inventory and allows customers to acquire financing, service contracts and insurance. With an initial […] [Read More]

Carvana announced Wednesday it has chosen the city of Tucson to be the company’s second market in Arizona. This expansion follows the introduction of its 40th market in Bakersfield, Calif., last month. “Arizona is my home state, along with many Carvana employees, so we’re proud to give even more Arizonans a new way to buy […] [Read More]

AutoGravity welcomed a new chief technology officer who is bringing experience from global firms such as eBay, Microsoft and Walt Disney. On Tuesday, the online vehicle sales and financing platform appointed Sheng Wang as CTO to drive the company’s global engineering efforts. Wang joins AutoGravity’s executive team with responsibility for leading product and engineering to […] [Read More]

automotiveMastermind announced Tuesday that it has appointed Mohamed Al-Daqa as its new chief implementation officer and Pam Perry as new chief people officer. “Bringing Mohamed and Pam on board is the right step toward an integrated company approach that ultimately improves the customer experience,” automotiveMastermind chief executive officer Marco Schnabl said in a news release announcing the new hires. […] [Read More]

Carvana made another big investment move on Monday, this time involving Santander Consumer USA founder Tom Dundon. The online retailer announced an agreement to raise $100 million of Class A Convertible Preferred Stock in a private placement with Dundon Capital Partners, which was founded by Dundon. The proceeds will be used for growth opportunities, including […] [Read More]

A Western chapter of AAA said Monday it has launched a peer-to-peer service for used-car sales. AAA CarConnect, provided by AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah, is making its debut in San Jose, Calif., and aims to provide some “neutral” ground in the used-car sales process between individuals. It is currently available at the AAA […] [Read More]

Avis Budget Group announced Monday it has launched a “Mobility Lab” comprised of several locations and a fleet of 5,000 connected vehicles to test fully connected cars and operations in the greater Kansas City, Mo., area. The new Mobility Lab features more than 20 Avis Car Rental locations, including the Kansas City International Airport, Nebraska’s […] [Read More]