TrueCar named a chief people officer on Thursday, appointing Jill Angel to the role. Angel, who had previously been executive vice president of people at Leaf Group, will report to TrueCar president and chief executive officer Mike Darrow. Angel joined Leaf Group in 2015. Her experience in “people operations” began after two decades in operations, […] [Read More]

In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast recorded at the Auto Intel Summit last week in Raleigh, N.C., we connect with Scott Case, who is chief executive officer of Recurrent, a company that analyzes electric vehicle battery health and one of this year's "Emerging 8" honorees. Case discusses the company's recent $4.5 million round […] [Read More]

automotiveMastermind (aM), which provides car dealers with predicative analytics and marketing automation solutions, has expanded its industry education efforts. The company, which is part of S&P Global Mobility, has debuted Mastermind Academy, its first-ever external learning management system. The program is geared toward helping dealers best utilize Mastermind, which is its flagship automated sales and […] [Read More]

Recurrent, a company that analyzes electric vehicle battery health, announced a series of growth moves during last week’s Auto Intel Summit. Those include new investors as well as new dealer and auction partners for the company, which was among Auto Fin Journal’s 2022 Emerging 8 honorees. Starting with the new clients, Bay Area-based Del Grande […] [Read More]

NuVinAir's newest executive brings a diverse automotive background to her position, having experience with an automaker, a software company and a retailer. The company that offers a suite of patented and proprietary products that are designed to create healthy vehicle interiors safely has named Misa Tanaka as its new regional support director for the West […] [Read More]

Both in formal presentations and networking chatter during last week’s Auto Intel Summit, attendees mentioned the collaborative move by General Motors and Honda when the topic turned to electric vehicles. The automakers recently announced plans to expand the two companies’ relationship to a new chapter by codeveloping a series of affordable EVs based on a […] [Read More]

CarOffer, which is part of the CarGurus network, has named its vice president of consumer operations, and taking on this newly created role is Kim Jenkins, who was previously senior director of training and implementation. In the new role, Jenkins — who has been with CarOffer for about five years — will head up the […] [Read More]

Autonomy had a successful launch in Los Angeles in January, added service in the San Francisco Bay Area in March, and then last week the electric vehicle subscription company brought its platform availability to San Diego. The company that claims to be the cheapest, fastest and easiest way to get a Tesla Model 3 said […] [Read More]

CDK Global has signed a deal to be acquired by Brookfield Business Partners and institutional partners for a total enterprise value of $8.3 billion, with CDK shareholders receiving $54.87 per share once the transaction closes. That share price is 30% higher than the unaffected closing price on Feb. 18, which was the last full day […] [Read More]

Cars.com Inc. said Monday that chief financial officer Sonia Jain will be stepping down April 15 down to pursue another career opportunity. Appointed to be interim CFO is Jandy Tomy, who is currently vice president and treasurer. Tomy has been with the company since March 2017 and was CARS CFO from January 2020 through June […] [Read More]