Perhaps if you don’t use artificial intelligence regularly, you’ve probably still heard about ChatGPT. Well, here comes LotGPT, an AI advisor that puts Lotlinx’s intelligence directly in dealers’ hands. Fueled by Lotlinx’s decades of VIN-level and shopper data, the company highlighted LotGPT can deliver answers, insights and automations that can enable dealers to merchandise smarter, […] [Read More]

In today’s wholesale automotive marketplace, transparency and trust are the driving forces behind stronger transactions. With vehicles often sold sight-unseen through digital or simulcast platforms, buyers depend on condition reports to provide an honest reflection of a vehicle’s health. That’s why the integration of accurate OBDII Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) data into auction condition reports is emerging […] [Read More]

DealerFire has some advice for dealerships about their websites. That advice is contained in its newly released guide, Designing an Engaging and Easy-to-Use Dealership Website: Best Practices. The provider of dealership websites and digital marketing said its resource is designed to help dealerships understand how to create high-performing websites that attract visitors, generate leads and […] [Read More]

With federal electric vehicle tax credits gone, a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the transition from gas to EVs has spun off a new corporation to make the case for EVs to consumers. Coltura said it created the new entity, EVQ, to emphasize the cost savings on fuel and maintenance of EVs directly in the […] [Read More]

TradePending and DriveCentric are joining forces in a partnership designed to simplify the dealership sales cycle. The collaboration integrates TradePending’s customer engagement platform with DriveCentric’s customer relationship management system to provide a single source for customer engagement information. Through the integration, dealerships can automatically send leads and lead assignments from the DriveCentric CRM to TradePending’s […] [Read More]

BizzyCar is getting some awards buzz. The company, which provides AI-powered recall management solutions for dealerships, said Tuesday it won the Auto Dealership Innovation of the Year recognition in the 2025 AutoTech Breakthrough Awards. The program spotlights the most innovative companies and products shaping transportation and the automotive industry. Ryan Maher, a third-generation car dealer, […] [Read More]

As a founding member of the eSTART Coalition in 2024, Carvana has been an integral part of the auto industry’s work to modernize the vehicle title and registration process over the last two years. And now, the online used-car retailer is also aiming to help tackle what it considers another key component of technological innovation: […] [Read More]

We throw the keys to the valet on this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Clint Curtis is the co-founder and CEO of Zapmoto, which provides valet pickup and delivery of vehicles for servicing at car dealerships. He joins Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby for a conversation about the growth of mobile/remote service offerings […] [Read More]

Perhaps with a freshly repaired vehicle, the car owner will want to hit the road and turn up the tunes, maybe via satellite radio. On Tuesday, Vehlo and SiriusXM announced a new integration that enables auto service and repair shops leveraging Vehlo’s software solutions to provide their eligible customers with a complimentary three-month trial subscription […] [Read More]

Automakers issued 96 recall campaigns in the third quarter, covering nearly 8.5 million vehicles, according to the latest report from BizzyCar. To help dealerships handle a potential swell of incoming calls from those recalls, Car Wars expanded capabilities of Cari, its scheduler run by artificial intelligence. The provider of innovative phone solutions for automotive dealerships […] [Read More]