Reviver is now offering a financing option for its RPlate digital license plate. The technology company said it is providing increased flexibility for customers of both its battery-operated and wired models with buy-now, pay-later financing on the $599 purchase price available through the Affirm financing services. “We are constantly listening to our customers to build […] [Read More]

Mitsubishi Motors North America has added Xtime, Cox Automotive’s service appointment scheduling platform, to its MiCAR digital customer experience management platform for Mitsubishi dealers. “At Mitsubishi Motors, our customers expect quality, speed, efficiency and transparency across the end-to-end service experience, and the addition of Xtime to our internal MiCAR program stands to help our dealer […] [Read More]

Enterprise Holdings, parent company of rental car brands Enterprise, National and Alamo, has joined in a collaboration with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) services provider Fermata Energy and BlueHub Energy — part of the national nonprofit community development financing organization BlueHub Capital — to help lower the cost of electric vehicles by tapping the potential revenue benefits of […] [Read More]

Nestled within the core of the vibrant auto remarketing ecosystem, vehicle inspection processes — once held sacred in their traditional form — are now under the lens of technological disruption. The cacophony of the past, filled with the tangible sounds of clipboard ticks and assiduous note-takings, is slowly being replaced by the symphonic hum of […] [Read More]

Vehicle logistics technology provider Autosled announced it has upgraded its platform. The self-described “disruptor in the mobility and digital logistics space” said the improvements to its nationwide vehicle transport and logistics platform are designed to improve functionality for transporter teams within the Autosled network by creating increased shipment visibility and an expedited transporter payment system. […] [Read More]

Carketa has added a logistics partner to its dealership decision intelligence system, announcing a deal to integrate its software with automotive logistics-as-a-service platform ACERTUS. The integration is designed to make it easier for dealers to quote, book, ship, track and receive vehicles through the Carketa platform, streamlining their inventory acquisition and sales process with on-demand […] [Read More]

J.D. Power is expanding into the automotive markets of Europe and Australia. The company announced a deal Tuesday to acquire Autovista Group, a European and Australian automotive data, analytics and insights provider. J.D. Power says the acquisition allows it to combine its own predictive analytics and valuation and customer experience data sets with Autovista’s market […] [Read More]

Electric vehicle subscription company Autonomy is now in the car-sharing business, as well. Autonomy, led by longtime auto entrepreneur Scott Painter, announced Friday it has agreed to acquire EV Mobility LLC, which is an all-electric car-sharing platform. Under the agreement, Autonomy will acquire EV Mobility’s technology, assets and customer accounts once certain conditions are met. […] [Read More]

DealerBuilt, a software provider to franchised dealerships, announced its third acquisition in the past 15 months. This week, the company purchased iService Auto, a key piece in what DealerBuilt called its “comprehensive” M&A strategy to offer the ability for its customers to run all their departments on one integrated platform without switching between systems. The […] [Read More]

A new startup company has launched, with the goal of revolutionizing vehicle title transfers. Cario Inc. is a blockchain-based platform that founder and CEO Nathan Hecht said is designed to solve one of the auto industry’s most difficult pain points. “There are over 276 million vehicles on the road today in the U.S.,” he said. […] [Read More]