Cars.com has appointed Jenell Ross to its board of directors, noting that her 28 years of auto industry experience includes 11 years as president of Bob Ross Auto Group, a Buick-GMC and Mercedes-Benz dealership based in Ohio. Cars.com said Bob Ross Auto Group was the first U.S. African American-owned Mercedes-Benz dealer and added that Ross […] [Read More]

Chad Caswell is the new chief executive officer for connected-car platform Zubie, with Caswell saying he will work toward an increased focus on growing Zubie’s technology and software capabilities and leading the company’s growth in the rental and fleet markets. Caswell replaces former CEO Gary Tucker, who will become a consultant focused on strategy and […] [Read More]

Digital marketing technology company Orbee has appointed co-founder Atul Patel as its new chief executive officer. Patel, who recently served as the company’s chief operating officer, replaces Daniel Kim, who was the CEO since he co-founded the company with Patel. The company said Patel and Kim have worked together for the past five years to […] [Read More]

Jaguar Land Rover North America and SiriusXM are expanding the factory installation of SiriusXM’s audio entertainment service, and beginning with 2021-model year vehicles, SiriusXM is now a standard feature in all U.S. Jaguar and Land Rover models. Since 2004, Jaguar and Land Rover have worked together to deliver SiriusXM’s programming to Jaguar and Land Rover […] [Read More]

AI-powered digital assistant provider Carlabs.ai is using a new Dealer Direct platform to expand its offering to the almost 18,000 franchised U.S. dealers. CarLabs is an AWS Advanced Technology Partner conversational platform that allows consumers to interact directly with an automotive brand’s data and digital assets. That interaction takes place as if they were talking […] [Read More]

Recalls as a Service company AutoAp has hired Mark Allen as executive vice president, describing him as an automotive industry technology leader. Allen was most recently a senior vice president for publicly traded dealership management and retail systems and services provider, Quorum Information Systems. AutoAp, which provides safety recall services to help clients increase profitability, […] [Read More]

motormindz, an auto industry venture consultancy, said that through its new strategic partnership with Connected Strategy Advisors, the company will continue its presence as an automotive tech accelerator and use CSA’s knowledge to bring connected vehicle services to market faster. Connected Strategy Advisors is a Detroit-based advisory firm focused on connected cars and products, and […] [Read More]

Marketing executive Melanie Borden, one of Auto Remarketing's 2020 Women in Retail honorees, has joined LotLinx as vice president of marketing. Borden has worked in the automotive industry with public tech companies and private startups, and she was most recently with a New York dealer group. LotLinx said Borden joins the company at an important time […] [Read More]

A new product called the autoniq Retail Index provides dealers with live retail listing data within a 150-mile radius. The data includes average sale price, mileage and days on lot for vehicles of a specific year, make, model and trim. autoniq is a business unit of KAR Global. With the new product, available by subscription […] [Read More]

A new partnership between the American International Automobile Dealers Association and Dell Technologies aims to help AIADA members upgrade and improve their technology. Dell Technologies has joined with AIADA as an affinity partner, giving AIADA members discounts of 5% to 10% on purchases of Dell products. Those discounts are stackable with additional Dell promotions. That […] [Read More]