Last weekend, I was lying back on the couch watching college football, which is exactly what I do on a Saturday. Around the time of a disputed holding call, just as a key third-down stop was happening, a commercial came on. It was an ad for Google’s AI, Gemini. In the ad, a man stands […] [Read More]

Agents are about to do years of work in days. Your dealership is still going to sell the same number of cars. That’s the whole article. The rest is proof. I’ve sat with well over 200 dealer groups this year. Almost every one asks the same question: How will AI help us sell more cars? […] [Read More]

Turn Automotive, a driveway appraisal and guaranteed offer platform, said Monday it has partnered with DealNow, whose technology dealers can use to buy vehicles from private sellers. The partnership is designed to give dealers, “one complete process for buying from the street.” Dealers can use Turn to inspect and appraise a vehicle without the seller […] [Read More]

While automotive dealers served by the company will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on the revamped technology, JD Power on Monday announced the launch of the JD Power Platform for its OEM customers. JD Power highlighted the unified intelligence hub brings together the company’s portfolio of products, market data, and […] [Read More]

The revamp of Cars.com’s top-level executive team keeps evolving. The newest move came on Thursday when Cars.com appointed Mausam Bhatt as chief product officer, effective on Monday. Bhatt will join the company after it has already hired a new chief financial officer, who is set to start next Friday, as well as a new chief […] [Read More]

Lefkoff Law principal and founding attorney Steven Lefkoff immediately arrived at this assertion when he learned that Cox Automotive on Monday acknowledged “suspicious activity” that was “quickly contained” within VinSolutions. “The trickle down to the dealers could be enormous because ultimately the dealers, under federal law, under the Safeguards Rule, are still responsible if their […] [Read More]

When multiple, separate entities independently develop and implement technologies, siloes can happen. As artificial intelligence and other tech innovations grow, a new initiative in the auto industry is looking to help make sure that doesn’t happen by focusing on “developing shared standards to help AI platforms and automotive systems work together across vehicle shopping, service […] [Read More]