Online speculation surfaced over the weekend on social media and elsewhere that fraudsters from the Dark Web hacked into VinSolutions, potential extracting thousands of consumers’ information from the CRM used by about 7,000 dealerships. Cox Automotive on Monday acknowledged “suspicious activity” that was “quickly contained” within VinSolutions. Here is the company’s entire statement about the […] [Read More]

Hertz developed Oro Mobility — a fleet platform designed to connect vehicles, tech providers and demand platforms at scale — to grow beyond the rental car business and prepare for “the next era of mobility.” The next era is arriving. On Tuesday, Hertz, which is still the platform’s majority owner, announced Oro secured an $80 […] [Read More]

On Tuesday, Vehlo consolidated its dealer solutions under the RapidRecon brand to create a unified platform. The company said Velocity Automotive Solutions products — including Recon Velocity, Velocity Engage, Velocity Window Stickers, and Velocity VINSight — now will operate exclusively under the RapidRecon brand. Vehlo explained the move will give dealers streamlined experiences, helping clients […] [Read More]

BizzyCar, a recall management platform for dealerships, announced last week that Simon Smith has joined the company as chief revenue officer. BizzyCar built its position by helping dealerships and OEMs close open recalls through two-way text messaging powered by its proprietary artificial intelligence agent. Smith arrived as the company is now expanding beyond recalls and […] [Read More]

Online vehicle listings that include terms such as “good deal” or “great deal” are the crux of a regulatory enforcement lawsuit filed against CarGurus on Thursday. And the lawsuit surfaced about two weeks after CarGurus rolled out the latest addition to its dealer platform — VINMax — that extended its consumer demand data and artificial […] [Read More]

The eSTART Coalition is spotlighting leaders helping to modernize the vehicle title and registration process through its 2026 Awards Program, recognizing their work in policy reform, industry collaboration and innovation. This year, the organization is honoring the following with respective awards: Advocacy and Policy Leadership Award: Walter Craddock, administrator of the Rhode Island Division of […] [Read More]

Sarah Copp is back with Lotlinx as chief commercial officer. The inventory performance intelligence company for automotive retail said on Thursday that Copp will lead the company’s unified sales and account management organization, bringing together teams, processes, and priorities to strengthen customer relationships and drive commercial growth. “Sarah knows Lotlinx, she knows our customers, and […] [Read More]

OfferWerks used artificial intelligence to consolidate capabilities of five specialized automotive technology firms. The result is dealer clients getting an agentic AI layer for a more transparent online shopping and purchase experience. OfferWerks integrated suite of services is focused on automotive payment calculation, offer presentation, and disclosure compliance using native tools and software for automotive […] [Read More]

Along with reiterating that its platform was already built to handle new compliance requirements in California that went into effect this month, ProMax announced the launch of ProMax BDC AI. ProMax highlighted its new artificial intelligence-powered lead-response agent is designed to help automotive dealerships respond to every internet lead immediately and convert more online shoppers […] [Read More]

The latest development to germinate from Cox Automotive’s acquisition of Fullpath bloomed on Thursday. It’s an upgrade for VinSolutions. Cox Automotive said all mutual Fullpath and VinSolutions clients will have an embedded customer data platform (CDP) bolstered with artificial intelligence insights powered by Fullpath technology. “Other CDPs are mostly focused on data ingestion, structuring and […] [Read More]