Acquisitions, product launches, funding, OEM approvals, and leadership moves across automotive dealership technology — tracked and updated daily.
STAR announces the publication of its Automotive Retail Domain Model, a comprehensive unified data architecture for standardizing data exchange across the automotive retail industry. This is a new product announcement for the first time.
STAR announces the release of new API standards for fleet vehicle rentals and loyalty customer leads in retail automotive. This is the first standards release in these areas.
A digital retail platform announces the launch of 'Save & Compare' feature that allows shoppers to save vehicles and compare them side-by-side. This is a new product feature for an automotive retail vendor.
Brooke announces Service Response AI, an AI-powered call handling solution for dealership service departments. This appears to be a new product announcement.
Gubagoo promotes Curator, a new data platform that debuted at NADAShow to enhance dealer sales processes. This appears to be marketing of a recently launched product.
Dealerware announces integration partnership with myKaarma to connect loaner fleet management system with service lane technology platform. This integration enables improved dealership workflows.
asTech announces Connected Calibrations, an enhancement to adasThink that automatically flags required calibrations and integrates into repair order submission. This is a new product feature for collision repair shops.
TradePending announced launch of a new video walk-around feature in its trade-in valuation tool. New product feature explicitly announced for the first time by the dealership software vendor.
Hunter Engineering announces new cloud-based Inspection Live software for its Quick Check autonomous inspection system. The new software enables dual service lane operation and over-the-air updates, representing a new product feature launch.
Clarivoy and Treasure Data announce a joint CDP (Customer Data Platform) solution specifically designed for automotive dealerships. This is a new product launch for the dealership marketing ecosystem.
Volie announces new IVR and hold options including callback features, text messaging, and voicemail capabilities for dealership phone systems. This is a new feature rollout for an automotive dealership communication vendor.
CCC Intelligent Solutions announces the integration of asTech (a Repairify company) into the CCC Diagnostics network, enabling repair facilities to capture diagnostic scan information in CCC ONE workfiles. This is a new integration/product feature availability announcement.
Lectrium announces a new Public Charging Station Integration feature for its EV Range Map tool. This is the first-time announcement of a new feature designed to address EV charging anxiety for dealership customers.
asTech (a Repairify company) introduced expanded diagnostic solutions including a patented Rules Engine for streamlined shop workflows and repair cycles. The announcement includes new offerings for ADAS insights, calibrations, and programming.
Reunion Marketing announced the official launch of Altitude, a new martech platform providing sales and inventory intelligence for automotive dealerships. The platform enables dealerships to measure and strategize marketing spend based on data insights.
RevolutionParts announced the integration of Apple Pay and Google Pay as payment options for its parts platform via PayPal. The new feature enables mobile wallet checkout for dealership parts customers.
AmpUp announces a new Intelligent Pricing Engine for EV charging operators. While automotive-adjacent, this is EV charging infrastructure, not core dealership ecosystem software/services.
An unnamed platform announces Market Area Expansion, a new feature allowing dealers to sell inventory beyond their primary market area to reach out-of-area car shoppers. This is a new product feature launch.
Pulse announces a new Teams feature that allows dealerships to group staff by sales, fixed ops, and BDC and view team-specific KPIs in real-time. This is a new feature addition to their dealership management platform.
Stream Companies announces its Automotive Incentives Platform (AIP) that enables dealers to publish dynamic auto incentives in as little as four hours. This is a new product feature for digital retail incentive management.
Manheim announces that its VIN-specific EV battery health data is now available on Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book. This is the expansion of an existing feature to new distribution channels.
AutoAlert announced the launch of three new dealership solutions (Email Appends, Personal Access Link, and Video Messaging) debuting at NADA 2025. These are explicitly announced as new products transforming customer engagement capabilities.
JohnDow Industries announces the launch of its patented Centralized Fluid Evacuation System, a new product for service facilities.
JM&A Group and RockED announce a new sales enablement program for F&I professionals, officially rolling out in Q1 2025.
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