Dominion DMS announced an integration with Gather on Wednesday. This collaboration integrates Gather’s identity and insurance verification technology with Dominion DMS’s flagship product, VUE, a cloud-core dealer management system. Gather said its technology can streamline the identity and insurance verification process in the dealership, ensuring compliance with regulatory demands while minimizing fraud risks and eliminating […] [Read More]

Last week, Launcher Solutions announced an integration partnership with Gestalt Tech and its SaaS data warehouse that can empower finance companies to take advantage of the market trends in analytics, artificial intelligence and automation. The companies said this collaboration can offer finance companies streamlined access to appTRAKER LOS data within Gestalt’s comprehensive credit data storage, […] [Read More]

Open Lending Corp. recently partnered with Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, enabling Core Specialty to begin providing credit default insurance policies for Open Lending’s Lenders Protection platform. Open Lending interim CEO Chuck Jehl said through a news release, “One of the central reasons why auto lenders have come to rely upon Open Lending and our Lenders […] [Read More]

SHAED, a startup mobility platform for the commercial vehicle sector focused on alternatives to traditional transportation, has launched its first marketplace product with the help of $5.7 million in seed funding. SHAED, which stands for Shared, Hydrogen, Autonomous, Electric and Distribution, has been funded by a seed preferred round led by EnerTech Capital, along with […] [Read More]

With its client base growing, Enterprise Fleet Management has opened five new North American locations in the past six months. The new locations in Boise, Idaho; Columbus, Ohio; Las Vegas; New York and Ottawa, raise the Enterprise Fleet Management network in the U.S. and Canada to 60. The company said the fleet management business grew […] [Read More]

Auto industry data and technology provider automotiveMastermind has joined with auto retail software provider CarNow in a strategic integration partnership designed to connect its Mastermind technology with dealers’ existing operational systems to better account for consumers’ online and offline shopping behavior. The integration includes enhanced tracking through the CarNow digital retailing suite, which the companies […] [Read More]

No one wants to have their vehicle recalled, but recalls have become a fact of life for many car owners. Recalls have skyrocketed in recent years as automotive technology becomes increasingly complex. In 2023, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued more than 350 recalls affecting some 35 million vehicles nationwide. iSeeCars took a close […] [Read More]

Black Book’s Used Vehicle Retention Index for April and its latest weekly look at wholesale value movements summarized the likely conclusion of this year’s spring market. Beginning with the index, Black Book said its seasonally adjusted index decreased 1.1% (1.8 points) to 150.0 from the March reading of 151.8. Examining year-over-year, Black Book said the […] [Read More]

Companies from throughout the automotive industry might brace themselves when a letter arrives from a federal agency. Last week, Carvana celebrated the arrival of one from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Carvana highlighted that letter because it affirmed the legality of electronic signatures (e-signatures) on physical odometer disclosure documents. Carvana said it pursued this […] [Read More]

It’s been an active year so far for CallRevu, which previously revealed plans for an artificial intelligence-powered agent training and coaching platform as well as a program to promote technology and collaboration. On Tuesday, the provider of automotive call monitoring systems made an even bigger move, announcing the acquisition of TotalCX, a leading call management […] [Read More]