Canada is positioning itself as not only an electric vehicle supplier, but also a supplier of the materials needed to make the batteries that power these vehicles. Canada and Ontario governments are working in partnership with Umicore Rechargeable Battery Materials Canada to welcome a new manufacturing plant to the Loyalist Township capable of producing components […] [Read More]

Get Spiffy Inc., an on-demand car care, technology and services company, has introduced a new tool designed to enhance transparency and trust in auto servicing by providing hyper-detailed visual tire diagnostics. The company said the tool, called Easy Tread, corresponds with evolving customer expectations for more visual communication in auto repairs, citing J.D. Power’s 2022 […] [Read More]

The digital auto auction space continues to grow, with the latest expansion coming from Roadra, an online platform that lets consumers sell vehicles directly to dealers. The company said Wednesday it has secured $5 million in funding to scale Roadra further. The planned expansion and development of new products include artificial intelligence-powered photo and video […] [Read More]

Paul McCarthy, vice president of sales, key accounts, at Protective Asset Protection, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast for a conversation about dealerships and their F&I activities. McCarthy recapped Protective’s latest dealer survey and how F&I professionals are handling an environment with high interest rates and vehicle prices. The conversation can be found […] [Read More]

Gettel Automotive has expanded its Florida holdings by acquiring Stadium Toyota in Tampa from the Parks and Couey families. Kerrigan Advisors, which represented the sellers in the transaction, announced the sale in a news release. The dealership is ranked among the nation’s top 10% of Toyota dealerships and has earned numerous awards for its sales […] [Read More]

Asbury Automotive Group struggled against “challenges” in its used-car operations during the third quarter of 2023, company officials said. In its quarterly earnings call this week, Asbury – one of the nation’s largest dealer groups with 138 dealerships, a service contract provider and 32 collision repair centers – announced a 17% year-over-year drop in net income to $169 million and a 5% decrease in revenues, to $3.7 billion. That said, there is help on the way, thanks to ... [Read More]

Montway Auto Transport has reached a formidable milestone. The third-party logistics brokerage and automotive transport company announced Tuesday it has completed 1 million customer deliveries. In a news release, Montway said the achievement reflects its “evolution over the past 16 years and its position as a trailblazer in automotive logistics.” Among all those shipments, there […] [Read More]

A federal grand jury in Tennessee has indicted a former general manager of Dealers Auto Auction Group’s Murfreesboro location and two others with wire fraud and money laundering in a scheme to defraud the auto auction. The office of U.S. Attorney Henry Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee announced the charges Monday. Stephanie Baker, […] [Read More]

Kevin Cullum grew up in a suburb of Kansas City, Mo. An internship during his senior year of college at the University of Central Missouri began a career in auto finance that took Cullum to a multitude of places, beginning in Chicago, then Atlanta. After a time in Florida, Cullum moved to Philadelphia and then […] [Read More]

This week, Onbe launched a digital-first consumer refund program with Westlake Financial. According to a news release, Westlake has replaced its check-based refund program with Onbe’s payouts gateway, providing instant payments to recipients while eliminating internal program and labor costs. Onbe’s Summer 2023 Auto Survey showed 47% of automotive customers name wait time as the […] [Read More]