Dealership personnel now can complete another task with a smartphone. Reynolds and Reynolds on Tuesday announced a partnership with RockED with the fruit of it being training on RockED’s mobile app designed to help dealership teams get the most out of products like AutoVision and FOCUS. The companies said the training emphasizes best practices and […] [Read More]

ACV Auctions announced a strategic integration with dealer AI engagement platform DriveCentric on Tuesday that it says will provide dealers with a way to acquire more used cars from their service lanes and lead to new fixed operations revenue opportunities. The integration will combine ACV’s ClearCar pricing engine and VIPER platform (which is a vehicle […] [Read More]

EverFleet, which offers a leasing platform for commercial fleet owners and drivers, has partnered with DoorDash to provide used electric vehicles to qualified “Dashers.” The pilot begins in the Los Angeles/Inland Empire market, where EverFleet will deploy up to 25 EVs to qualifying DoorDash drivers through EverFleet’s short-term EV leasing models. The two companies will […] [Read More]

Dealerships often provide test drives for potential buyers considering a used vehicle, so vAuto is doing the same thing for its dealer clients. On Friday, the Cox Automotive provider of inventory management and pricing solutions announced availability of vAuto Test Drive for dealers to preview and test emerging product innovations and provide feedback before broad […] [Read More]

This week, STELLA Automotive AI appointed Jennifer Powell as its new vice president of operations, bringing more than two decades of leadership experience in operations, business transformation, program management, and organizational excellence. Powell most recently served as executive vice president of program management and operations with MRM. In her new role, Powell will oversee STELLA’s […] [Read More]

CDK will have a new chief executive on Oct. 5. The company said Thursday that Sudhakar Ramakrishna will become its president and CEO, succeeding the retiring Brian MacDonald. Ramakrishna, who was most recently CEO of SolarWinds, will also become a member of CDK’s board of directors. MacDonald will serve as a senior strategic advisor to […] [Read More]

Numa has expanded through M&A. The company, which provides an artificial intelligence operating system for car dealers, said Wednesday it has acquired SocketTime, a fixed-ops software company designed to help dealers with service scheduling, advisor writeup, dispatch, technician utilization, MPI workflows, recon, and customer communication. Numa says blending its own AI agents and customer communication […] [Read More]

The latest move in this summer’s notable development push by Yotta Automated Software Solutions (YASSI) is a physical location in the Windy City. This week, the enterprise vehicle intelligence platform opened its technology innovation center in Chicago, extending the company’s investment in the infrastructure and people behind its growing national platform. Located at Two Prudential […] [Read More]

The monthly report has been the dealership cadence for decades. Pied Piper Management Co. wants to bring the information tempo into the present with the launch of Sales Lead Handling Effectiveness (LHE) and Service Scheduling Effectiveness (SSE). They’re subscription programs that use technology to make continuous monitoring and proactive alerts practical and affordable, measuring customer […] [Read More]

A trio of veteran automotive technology executives — Jason Barrie, Amit Maheshwari and Max Steckler — have teamed up to launch PromptPath, an artificial intelligence-enabled person-to-person conversation platform for the auto industry. The new platform aims to help sales, F&I and BDC teams at dealerships with customer conversations, using AI to provide real-time prompts, customer […] [Read More]