Acquisitions, product launches, funding, OEM approvals, and leadership moves across automotive dealership technology — tracked and updated daily.
Central Dispatch announces its new Premium plan with features including Price Check Plus, API suite, Direct-to-carrier offers, and Performance Management tools. This is a new product/service tier launch.
asTech announces a new integration with Mitchell Cloud Estimating, allowing users to launch asTech scans directly from the estimating platform. This is a new feature announcement in their May 2025 newsletter.
America's Auto Auction announced the grand opening of a new Las Vegas Specialty Sale location for RV and marine inventory. This represents a new facility/service launch.
Car and Driver and Autotrader announced the launch of Car and Driver Marketplace, a new shopping experience powered by Autotrader that connects vehicle research to listings. This represents a new product launch combining the two platforms.
VINCUE announces VINCUENEXT, a virtual event on April 22nd where they will unveil 'CATALYST,' described as the biggest step forward in their technology, user experience, and performance based on dealer feedback.
Dealer Inspire announces a new Website Health Report feature available on their platform that allows customers to diagnose and track website speed performance. This is a new product feature released in March 2025.
Volie announces new features in version 15, including a Communication Preferences feature for managing customer opt-outs and an enhanced Goals feature for tracking performance targets. These are newly released capabilities for the platform.
Foureyes announces a new inventory-based text messaging feature that matches car buyers to dealership inventory through AI conversations. The company plans to showcase this advancement at the NADA Show.
Tekion announced the launch of Tekion AI Agents, a suite of AI-powered agents for the automotive retail platform, starting with Tekion AI Agent for Service. This represents the next evolution of Tekion's AI-powered offerings beyond its earlier Copilot for Service tool.
AccuTrade announced a new integration with Hunter Quick Check Drive that automatically generates vehicle appraisals during service visits with pre-populated VIN and tread depth data. This integration enables service lanes to become acquisition opportunities.
Autocorp.ai and Canadian Black Book launched AVA™ MatchBook, a new automation tool that matches lender approvals with dealership inventory to help Canadian dealerships identify vehicles matching customer financial situations. The tool leverages CBB's banking data to maximize deal profitability.
DAS Technology announces four new features to its Customer Data and Experience Platform (CDXP) at NADA 2025, including AI solutions designed to drive higher ROI for auto dealers.
Manheim announces sale lights will be available across all listing channels (Simulcast Live, Presale, Timed) starting December 11, 2025. This expands an existing feature to additional channels.
Volie announces a new two-way integration with dealer data platform Foureyes that enables audience building and outbound execution with activity data flows. This is a new integration product/feature.
CDK announces its inaugural Accounting Connect conference for April 2025, designed to showcase new accounting workflows and innovative solutions. While framed as a conference announcement, the content emphasizes introduction of new workflows and hands-on exercises for dealer back-office operations.
Team Velocity announces significant progress in migrating dealers to its Apollo Sites platform, with 75% of Apollo dealer websites meeting Google Core Web Vitals standards by end of 2025. This represents a major platform milestone and achievement announcement.
Hunter Engineering introduces the HawkEye Elite Xpandable alignment and ADAS solution with new configuration options and features. This is a new product announcement for the service/fixed ops vendor.
Impel AI announces a new AI Knowledge Bank feature within its AI Operating System that enables more detailed answers about mobile service, financing, and promotions. This is a new product feature announcement.
Work Truck Solutions and J.D. Power announced the launch of the Commercial Electric Vehicle (CEV) Hub on Comvoy, a new resource designed to support electrification of commercial fleets with tools and insights for business fleet managers.
Cox Automotive's Central Dispatch launches new Market Intelligence suite including AI-powered pricing tool, pricing API, enterprise data files and market reports. New product features announced.
RunBuggy announces Hitch, a new Transportation Management System (TMS) for automotive logistics operations. This appears to be a new product launch.
Gubagoo announces Curator, a new product for connecting first-party data to dealership tools, debuting at NADA Show. This is the first announcement of a new product feature.
AutoAlert launches AutoAlert Enterprise, the industry's first dedicated multi-rooftop CRM and data mining platform specifically designed for dealer groups to eliminate data silos.
Proton announces major evolution of its Compliance Portal, expanding it to serve cybersecurity customers in addition to compliance tools, creating a unified hub for dealerships.
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