On Wednesday, Rapid Recon — which was part of an acquisition announcement made last week by Vehlo — named Bridget Townsend as senior vice president of product development. Among Auto Remarketing’s Women in Remarketing honorees in 2014, Townsend has been in software development since 1995, focusing on automotive software solutions since 2000. She joined Rapid […] [Read More]

Experian is expanding on its commitment to equip dealers with the data needed to buy and sell used electric vehicles with confidence, especially since battery health is pivotal in valuating used EVs. On Thursday, Experian announced a new alliance with Recurrent, as the Recurrent Battery Report for used EVs will be offered alongside Experian’s AutoCheck […] [Read More]

In this epsiode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bek Abdullayev, who is the founder and CEO at Super Dispatch, joins the show to talk about the company's latest product launch, auto transport trends he is watching and how the transport segment has changed, the impact of supply and price fluctuations and more. Plus, he shares what […] [Read More]

The National Automobile Dealers Association is doing more than just gearing up for NADA Show 2023 this week in Dallas. On Monday, the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI) welcomed NADA to the organization that aims to develop and accelerate adoption of zero trust Web3 standards and solutions to enable seamless and secure business processes, while […] [Read More]

Vehlo, which provides software and financial solutions for the auto repair industry, has purchased Rapid Recon and Velocity Automotive. The acquisition of the two software providers extends Vehlo’s fixed ops customer experience products beyond the customer-pay side of the business. Its existing fixed ops customer experience products include Dealerlogix, Service Lane eAdvisor and Text2Drive. Terms […] [Read More]

NCM Associates president and CEO Paul Faletti has joined the board of advisors at Privacy4Cars, the latter said Thursday. In addition to his time with NCM, Faletti’s experience includes executive posts at BMW Group, Jaguar Cars and Maserati NA. “Paul has visibility into a highly valued and expansive dealer network,” Privacy4Cars founder and CEO Andrea […] [Read More]

CarNow has hired former Meta executive Bob Lanham as senior vice president of manufacturer relations, the company announced Thursday. Lanham was most recently head of automotive retail at Meta. His background also includes time with Microsoft, Yahoo, Hulu and Shazam. “Throughout my career I’ve partnered with many dealer platforms, and CarNow consistently topped the list […] [Read More]

Black Book is looking to show its prowess in the retail space, too. The firm that provides automotive analytics and data announced the debut of Retail Listings Visualization, a tool designed to give “unmatched” insights into retail market activity. Black Book explained on Wednesday that Retail Listings Visualization is a dynamic dashboard that enables insights […] [Read More]

NuVinAir, which provides a solutions designed to create clean and healthy vehicle interiors named a president on Wednesday, in addition to two vice president appointments, as well. Marty Schoenthaler, who is NuVinAir’s chief franchise officer, has taken on additional duties as president. He will head up day-to-day operations. CEO and founding partner Kyle Bailey will […] [Read More]

Ahead of next week’s NADA Show 2023 in Dallas, vAuto is introducing enhancements to its flagship inventory management solution, ProfitTime GPS, which can help dealers achieve “superior” profitability. Cox Automotive highlighted through a news release that vAuto now incorporates an all-new Variable Inventory Management strategy. Enhancements include an alignment tool designed to help multi-rooftop organizations […] [Read More]