Technology
PrivateAuto, YASSI partner to offer DMV title checks for private-party sales
Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, 03:53 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
PrivateAuto, a transactional marketplace for private-party vehicles, has launched DMV title checks as an add-on service through a partnership with Yotta Automated Software Solutions Inc., a platform providing real-time vehicle lienholder, registration and title data. PrivateAuto said the addition of YASSI to its platform is designed to reduce fraud and enhance buyers’ confidence in private-party […] [Read More]
Holman tabs Orbee’s platform to provide customer experience data
Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, 01:43 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
Orbee, a provider of automotive data management middleware systems, has been selected by Holman as its customer data platform provider. Orbee said its platform will allow Holman to turn customer data from its network of some 60 dealerships in nine states into insights and analytics designed to deliver a truly personalized customer experience. In addition […] [Read More]
PODCAST: Ben Gill of Advent Resources on importance of backup plan
Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, 10:19 AM
Auto Remarketing Staff
Ask any football fan: a solid backup is critical. Along those lines, Advent Resources CEO Ben Gill joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss the company’s new Advent Parachute program, which is a backup sales DMS designed to give dealerships a reliable contingency plan during primary sales system outages. Advent said it deployed the Parachute […] [Read More]
Revamped Reynolds retail tools now fueled by AI
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, 03:55 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
Reynolds and Reynolds is hosting its Retail Summit this week, with artificial intelligence being the focal point of many event activities. The highlight was the launch of Spark AI, an artificial intelligence data layer that now powers all Reynolds AI products. The company explained Spark AI can eliminate silos created by AI tools and provide […] [Read More]
Another day, another integration — Dealer-FX adds STELLA AI to its platform
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, 02:46 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
STELLA Automotive AI announced a partnership with service lane technology provider Dealer-FX that integrates STELLA’s artificial intelligence-powered digital voice technology into Dealer-FX’s ONE Platform software. The integration — the second announced in as many days for Dealer-FX, which has also added Proactive Dealer Solutions’ Brooke.ai digital voice assistant to its platform — is designed to […] [Read More]
Now part of Better Car People, Proactive Dealer Solutions integrates with Dealer-FX
Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, 04:19 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
Proactive Dealer Solutions (PDS) — which was acquired by Better Car People (BCP) in June — announced the integration of Brooke.ai with Dealer-FX, blending the advanced digital voice assistant with the service lane technology provider. PDS highlighted that this integration rolled out on Tuesday can enhance dealership efficiency, optimize customer interactions and boost service lane […] [Read More]
Marchex partners with DealerOn for call analytics & more
Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, 04:15 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
Marchex, which can harness the power of AI and conversational intelligence to drive operational excellence and revenue acceleration, announced a partnership on Tuesday with DealerOn, a leading automotive marketing technology company. According to a news release, DealerOn will deploy Marchex’s call analytics and attribution platform to optimize marketing campaigns for their customers by leveraging conversational […] [Read More]
COMMENTARY: 3 questions to ask before integrating with an auto transport platform
Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, 03:16 PM
Bek Abdullayev, Super Dispatch
The $10.5 billion auto-transport industry is made up of thousands of small- to mid-sized companies. And while there are a few giants, most teams are designed to be lean with fewer overhead costs and greater efficiencies. In the most successful companies, technology helps workers do more with less — but there’s a downside. When solutions […] [Read More]
eSTART’s rapid growth shows industry’s interest in modernizing titling
Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, 11:58 AM
Andrew Friedlander, Associate Editor
eSTART is off to a fast start. The eSTART Coalition, an organization seeking to modernize title and registration processes across the country by facilitating advocacy for state and local governments to adopt electronic options, announced its launch in March with 18 founding members, including the National Automobile Dealers Association, Carvana, DocuSign, IAA and ACERTUS. Five […] [Read More]
COMMENTARY: Automated inspections as a transformative tool for monitoring fleet vehicle condition
Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, 11:36 AM
Jameel Ghata, PAVE
In a discussion about how technology can transform the way fleets monitor the condition of their vehicle fleets, a good place to start is to ask the question: Why don’t fleets consistently monitor the condition of their vehicles? The short answer is because it is operationally cumbersome. Continuously monitoring the condition of a sizeable fleet […] [Read More]