This week, CallRevu welcomed Merchant Centric into its Center of Excellence. The provider of communications technology for the automotive retail industry said this partnership represents another stride into brand reputation management, leveraging Merchant Centric’s expertise to enhance the overall customer experience. Executives highlighted Merchant Centric, known for its approach to managing and analyzing customer feedback […] [Read More]

Based on a recent industry survey of auto dealership executives located throughout the U.S. orchestrated by Lotlinx, approximately 31% of respondents said they still rely only on gut instinct to manage their dealership’s vehicle inventory. This represents almost one third of dealer executives who fall into this bucket. It is no wonder that the same […] [Read More]

Motive Retail, a provider of integrations and technology in automotive retail, is collaborating with Cox Automotive’s Dealertrack DMS to integrate its Motive Integrator eXchange platform with Dealertrack’s Opentrack API integration program. The MIX platform is designed to empower software providers with an “integrate once, connect to many” approach, allowing automotive software vendors to connect not […] [Read More]

STELLA Automotive AI, a provider of automotive artificial intelligence technology, has closed an oversubscribed Series A financing round that raised $19.7 million, according to the Presidio Group, STELLA’s exclusive financial advisor for the Series A financing. STELLA said the funds, which include both newly invested capital and outstanding convertible notes that converted into this Series […] [Read More]

Repairify, a provider of remote diagnostics, calibrations, programming and automotive intelligence for the collision and mechanical repair industries, has named Ben Johnson as vice president of general automotive repair markets to lead its expansion into the mechanical market. The company said Johnson’s primary mission is leading the strategic growth and product launch and development of […] [Read More]

During last week’s Auto Intel Summit+National Remarketing Conference, PAVE chief strategy officer Jameel Ghata discussed how automated inspections help fleets list their vehicles for sale whenever they need to. Through a presentation titled, “Get Paid Faster with Automated Inspections,” Ghata discussed how automated vehicle inspections can enable wholesale disposition and guaranteed buys without the expense […] [Read More]

Predian’s artificial intelligence-driven inventory management solutions now have more information. The company announced last week the integration of wholesale and retail data into its solution, ValueVision. Now, Predian said dealers can make strategic pricing decisions and maximize their profitability “with confidence, knowing they have the most accurate and comprehensive data at their fingertips.” Predian developed […] [Read More]

Privacy4Cars continued its ongoing drive toward solving the privacy and security issues posed by vehicle data last week by announcing the U.S. Patent Office approved three new patents. The company highlighted two patents are novel areas of expansion for Privacy4Cars. The first patent titled, “Artificial Intelligence Based System and Method for Generating Dynamically Variable Multi-Dimensional […] [Read More]

For the second time this month, Orbee finalized an integration with the intention of benefiting its dealer clients. The one announced on Wednesday involved EMG, which generates streaming advertising measurements and optimization solutions for the automotive industry. The customer experience middleware provider highlighted the goal of its integration with EMG. It’s meant to make it […] [Read More]

After Tuesday, CarNow has a bit more “runway” for growth. The automotive technology platform has landed a $40 million investment from Runway Growth Capital and plans to put the funding toward continue market expansion and product development. Tim O’Toole, who is CarNow’s chief financial officer, said in a news release: “This investment from Runway Growth […] [Read More]