Kelley Blue Book announced it has upgraded its Instant Cash Offer with three enhancements designed to make it easier for dealers to source vehicles from what it called “one of the least used but most promising channels” — their own service lanes. The additions include more information from service department scheduling and customer experience platform […] [Read More]

A startup automotive tech company has added an experienced hand. Adam Herrick, a longtime veteran of e-commerce in the auto industry, has joined Sell Your Car, Inc., a provider of automated vehicle valuation tools, as director of marketplace and product. Herrick will lead Sell Your Car’s software project management as well as marketplace innovation for […] [Read More]

Proactive Dealer Solutions now is offering help for Stellantis dealers, especially if they’re experiencing busy call volume to start 2024. On Monday, the business development technology provider announced the addition of its digital voice assistant (DVA) — Brooke.ai — to the Stellantis MarketCenter. As a MarketCenter supplier, Proactive’s Brooke.ai offers Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, Fiat, […] [Read More]

Digital retail software provider CarNow has hired former BacklotCars and ADESA executive Will Farmer as its chief revenue officer, the company announced Tuesday. Farmer will be responsible for overseeing revenue growth across field sales, national sales and independent sales, with a focus on delivering value to customers and driving results for CarNow’s dealer network. “My […] [Read More]

Used-car retailing giant CarMax has begun a pilot test of its first all-electric semi-truck as a vehicle hauler in California’s San Joaquin Valley. The truck can travel an estimated 230 miles on a single charge and transport up to seven vehicles at one time, which CarMax said allows it to efficiently service its stores in […] [Read More]

Vehicle logistics, Casey Harmon says, is an “ever-expanding set of decisions,” and as senior vice president of enterprise accounts for RunBuggy, a vehicle transportation technology platform, Harmon is working on ways to use artificial intelligence to make right choices and make vehicle transport faster, smarter and more efficient. During Used Car Week, Harmon joined Cherokee […] [Read More]

Conversational AI technology provider STELLA Automotive AI has joined with Cox Automotive’s Xtime, a provider of end-to-end service department software, in a read-write data integration that companies said will provide benefits for their mutual dealer customers. The partnership integrates STELLA Service Booking into the Xtime platform, which the companies said saves dealers from having to […] [Read More]

Transportation is obviously job one for electric vehicles. But Ford is teaming with a technology company to look into expanding that job description. The automaker announced it is working with Resideo Technologies on a “joint simulation project” to explore vehicle-to-home energy management. The EV-Home Power Partnership is designed to explore the potential of EV batteries […] [Read More]

Technology has been Jarrod Kilway’s passion since he was 5 years old. Now he’s using that passion as chief operating officer for ICOM AI – known as Konect.ai before its recent rebranding – a conversational artificial intelligence communication platform designed to improve customer engagement. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, recorded during Used […] [Read More]

UVeye is ready to go big. The developer of automated drive-through inspection systems for vehicles has joined with sustainable technology provider Hypertec in a strategic partnership to drive mass production of UVeye’s products. The collaboration is designed to ramp up production of UVeye’s computer vision/artificial intelligence-powered systems in response to growing demand from the auto […] [Read More]