Privacy4Cars said Monday it has closed a new financing round that includes The Presidio Group CEO Brodie Cobb, FM Capital and Automotive Ventures. The latter led Privacy4Cars’ Series A round in August 2021. The growth capital for the company, which provides automotive data privacy and security solutions, comes at a time of regulatory changes in the […] [Read More]

ServiceUp, an autotech startup in the car repair space, has launched a new service line to help fleet managers called ServiceUp for Fleets. The company aims to make the tasks of vehicle maintenance/repair, repair order status/tracking and repair order approvals more efficient for fleet managers. “We are proud to launch ServiceUp for Fleets to meet […] [Read More]

Pohanka Automotive Group recently invested in Orbee, a leading provider of marketing technologies. According to a news release, Pohanka’s investment into Orbee revolves around the common goal of driving innovation across the automotive software ecosystem. The dealer group’s strategy of connecting legacy systems with new capabilities such as Orbee’s Customer Data Platform (CDP) and Marketing […] [Read More]

Brad Burns, associate vice president of vehicle information for Manheim at Cox Automotive, and Fyusion chief product officer and co-founder Stephen Miller joined the Auto Remarketing Podcast from Used Car Week 2022 in San Diego last month. They talk about their presentation on "Demystifying AI for the Wholesale Industry," the uses of artificial intelligence in remarketing, […] [Read More]

Think you and your dealership have the best phone skills, not just in your market, but perhaps nationwide? Well, Car Wars is now offering you a chance to prove it. This week, the call tracking and phone handling solution for automotive dealers announced a new annual dealership award program. Car Wars’ Dealership CRISP Award program […] [Read More]

Keyless entry is one of the convenience features of used electric vehicles that dealership salespeople can highlight to potential buyers. And it’s also one of the paths hackers use to get control of EVs, according to a report released on Tuesday by VicOne, an automotive cybersecurity solutions provider established by cloud security company Trend Micro. […] [Read More]

RunBuggy, a tech platform that connects car shippers and transporters, said Tuesday it has brought on Drivably founder Tyler Hall as a strategic advisor. In this role, Hall will support RunBuggy’s recent product launches and its plans to expand into Canada. Hall founded Drivably, which helps dealers buy cars from consumers, in 2018. ACV purchased […] [Read More]

"(Data) privacy is today where safety was 30 years ago." That was one take from Privacy4Cars founder and CEO Andrea Amico during a discussion with the Auto Remarketing Podcast at Used Car Week in San Diego earlier this month. In this episode, Amico examines the automotive implications of the new Safeguards Rule and how it effects not […] [Read More]

If your dealership staff struggles with cold calling, the newest tool from FRIKINtech might help. The provider of automotive dealer engagement technology recently launched EQUITYiQ, a fully automated first-party equity farming tool that can bring sales and service data together to identify and deliver equity offers to customers without adding burden to the sales team. […] [Read More]

On the same day Autonomy founder and CEO Scott Painter was on stage for the NAVIcon portion of Used Car Week in San Diego, VinFast was at the Los Angeles Auto Show 2022, announcing an order from the electric vehicle subscription company of more than 2,500 VF 8 and VF 9 vehicles. According to a […] [Read More]