Independent dealers using Dealer Car Search soon can have a streamlined way to post used-vehicle inventory to OfferUp, a leading local marketplace that says it’s used by one in six U.S. adults each year. Through an arrangement set to be deployed this month, Dealer Car Search has partnered with OfferUp to make it easier for […] [Read More]

Agile Auto, a company with an artificial intelligence platform built to help dealers navigate the post-COVID used-car market, recently appointed Stephen Wrighton as chief technology officer. With more than 20 years of experience in enterprise software development and IT leadership, Agile Auto said Wrighton brings a unique blend of technical expertise and strategic insight. As […] [Read More]

Clarivoy has more data for dealerships to consider when examining their advertising effectiveness. The company that specializes in multi-touch sales attribution and advanced identity resolution for automotive on Tuesday announced the launch of its exclusive new metric: Marketplace Visit Attribution (MVA). Through strategic partnerships with leading automotive marketplaces, including Autotrader, Cars.com, CarGurus, and Edmunds, and […] [Read More]

Here’s another relationship designed to put more charge into the electric-vehicle space. The American Center for Mobility, VicOne, and Block Harbor have entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to offer security services around electric vehicle charging as part of ACM’s mission to enable safe, sustainable, and secure mobility technologies. The organizations said the security of […] [Read More]

A Florida-based startup that’s “set to disrupt the vehicle acquisition software business and the traditional used-car inventory supply chain standards,” gained another $4 million in funding last week. Founded by Anthony Monteiro, a group of automotive industry legends and technology professionals, AutoAcquireAI has successfully raised $5 million in total seed funding, all from angel investors. […] [Read More]

Dealership sales and service enablement software platform TradePending announced a strategic partnership with automotive data management platform Authenticom to integrate Authenticom’s data syndication with TradePending’s Value Watch product. The collaboration is designed to automate the enrollment of sold and serviced vehicle customer data into Value Watch to set up consistent communication with customers throughout the […] [Read More]

TSD Mobility Solutions has teamed with insurance verification technology provider Canopy Connect in a partnership designed to create an efficient and reliable way to verify renters’ provided car insurance information. TSD Mobility, a provider of fleet management software for rental car companies and dealerships, was acquired by Reynolds and Reynolds last summer. Canopy Connect founder […] [Read More]

It’s patently obvious Privacy4Cars has reached a milestone. The privacy-tech company was awarded its 10th patent by the U.S. Patent Office, this one for a system and method of generating dynamically variable multi-dimensional privacy ratings for vehicles. The method will be featured in future expansions of Privacy4Cars’ Vehicle Privacy Report tool to enhance disclosures that […] [Read More]

Dealerlogix, an all-in-one fixed operations software suite for dealership service departments, has been approved as a certified provider in Volkswagen’s eConnect program. Dealerlogix provides retention text communications through its Text2Drive product, providing online service scheduling, service valet, service lane check-in, electronic multipoint inspections with video and pictures, mobile payments with fraud protection, bilateral DMS communications […] [Read More]

CarGurus is upping its AI game. The digital car-shopping platform has released its artificial intelligence-powered search, designed to deliver “a more personalized and intuitive car-shopping experience” embedded directly into the CarGurus website. In a news release, the company said car buyers can now use conversational search paired with auto intelligence and real-time vehicle data to […] [Read More]