Automotive Ventures knows how to orchestrate contests to help startups and other blossoming industry firms, as shown by the success of the NAVIcon Cup at Used Car Week. The latest endeavor from Automotive Ventures surfaced on Wednesday, as the automotive technology, venture capital and consulting firm announced a call for contestants for the Shell Startup Showdown. […] [Read More]

When a global automaker launches an omnichannel used-car sales platform, as General Motors plans to do this spring with CarBravo, it undoubtedly requires a fair bit of back-end infrastructure. SpinCar, which provides digital merchandising services to the auto industry, said Wednesday it will be a part of that CarBravo infrastructure. The company has been added […] [Read More]

NuVinAir Global now is firmly entrenched in the Tar Heel State. The company that offers a suite of patented and proprietary products aimed at safely creating healthy vehicle interiors announced the expansion of its franchise program to North Carolina. According to a news release distributed on Tuesday, Brad Scott, who joins from Avis Budget Group […] [Read More]

A new year means a revamp of industry services available from J.D. Power stemming from moves made in 2021. The company announced on Monday that it’s relaunching three major automotive data products maintained by the its Autodata Solutions division. These include solutions for vehicle identification number (VIN) descriptions, inventory management and payment and incentives data […] [Read More]

While other means of communications are gaining popularity, dealerships sometimes still need to talk with their customers on the phone, so Volie rolled out a new product to help. On Monday, the creators of communication software for the automotive industry announced the launch of Dealer Identity by Volie, which is an all-in-one phone number monitoring […] [Read More]

AutoWeb has announced a new chief financial officer as well as a new controller. Succeeding Michael Sadowski as CFO is former Cox Automotive executive Carlton Hamer, whose appointment to the role of executive vice president and CFO became effective Monday. Josh Barsetti will become AutoWeb’s VP, controller and principal accounting officer this coming Monday. To help […] [Read More]

Car sharing platform Turo announced this week that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock. Despite sustaining a net loss of $97.1 million during 2020, Turo believes company stock is attractive because of what it […] [Read More]

With intentions of aggressively expanding its team and plans to nearly double its employee base in the coming year at its corporate offices in Kansas City, Mo., and Bettendorf, Iowa, ProMax filled a pair of top executive positions on Monday. After previously announcing Mike Dullea as chief executive officer, and coupled with additional investments, ProMax […] [Read More]

Carmigo recently appointed a new chief operating officer whose previous experience includes work with firms such as Orbee, Cox Automotive and Bain & Co. The online vehicle marketplace for individuals to sell their cars welcomed Daniel Kim as COO. According to a news release, Kim brings more than 10 years of technology experience in the automotive […] [Read More]

Free2move is continuing to broaden the footprint of its car sharing services. Last month, the company ventured into the Lone Star State. On Monday, Free2move announced availability in five of California’s largest cities, including San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Sacramento and Los Angeles. Along with those five markets in the Golden State, as well […] [Read More]