Acquisitions, product launches, funding, OEM approvals, and leadership moves across automotive dealership technology — tracked and updated daily.
STAR (Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail) releases its first AI Governance whitepaper specifically designed for franchised automobile dealers, offering guardrails for AI adoption and use cases. This is a new product/resource announcement.
AccuTrade announces two new platform features: Profit Funnel and Trade Capture reports that measure appraisal value and gross profit impact. These are newly available platform features.
RouteOne announces that Fuse LOS has become newly certified to integrate with RouteOne's The Digital Deal® eContracting platform, adding new functionality features. This represents a new product integration capability.
Premion announced expanded omnichannel and ad tech capabilities including integration of Octillion to strengthen its CTV platform and DSP for local advertisers.
GroundTruth announced the launch of its Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) channel within GroundTruth Ads Manager, enabling programmatic outdoor advertising with foot traffic attribution and measurable in-store visit data.
Clarivoy announces launch of new Marketplace Visit Attribution (MVA) metric for automotive advertising measurement. New product feature announced for first time.
PhotoDog, an AI-powered robotic camera system for automated vehicle photography and 360° video capture, is announced as a new product for dealerships. First-time launch of this technology.
Premion launches a scaled live programmatic advertising solution for CTV/OTT advertising targeting regional and local advertisers.
Autosled launches SecurePass, a patent-pending digital gate pass system for vehicle shipment security and tracking.
Impel launches Chat AI, a new product that enables AI-driven chat engagement across multiple channels (social, email, ads, website) for automotive dealerships. The tool automates real-time customer responses to convert leads into appointments.
Dealer Solutions & Design announced a comprehensive rebrand and launched Asset Genius, a new cloud-based asset management platform for dealership fixed operations.
STAR (Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail) publishes its first Deal API standard for automotive retail, standardizing deal information management and exchange across manufacturers, dealers, and service providers.
Stream Companies announces Retail Ready's Automotive Incentives Platform (AIP), featuring AI automation for vehicle offer deployment with four-hour turnaround time.
autoWall announces integration with CleanVoice technology to enhance video quality by eliminating background noise in video interactions for its techWALL product.
Volie announces two new features: automatic calendar invite functionality and customer-level notes feature for dealer operations. These are new product features designed to streamline dealer operations.
STAR announces multiple updates to its Dealer Infrastructure Guidelines (DIG) standards, the first substantial updates since 2019. Updates focus on better definitions, business continuity, and data management.
Vehlo launched RapidRecon Pro, a new version of its vehicle reconditioning platform designed to streamline dealership reconditioning workflows and improve efficiency. This is a new product announcement from an automotive service/fixed ops vendor.
Gubagoo announces the debut of 'Curator,' a new product for connecting and actionizing dealership data. The product was introduced at NADA Show and is now available for demos.
Black Book announces integration with Fox Factory Vehicles to enable valuation of upfitted/modified vehicles. This is a new feature/integration for Black Book's platform serving dealerships, lenders, and insurance companies.
VINCUE announces AI-driven vehicle photo automation tools featuring background replacement and automatic alignment/centering. New product features being showcased at NADA 2025.
asTech (a Repairify company) announced a new integration with Launch Tech USA diagnostic platforms, enabling technicians to access asTech Connect for remote OE tool access. This is a new product integration feature.
Invoca announces availability on AWS Marketplace, making their AI-powered platform more accessible for deployment. This is a product availability/integration announcement for a vendor serving the automotive ecosystem.
FleetNet America announces the launch of FleetNet EDGE, a new data and performance insights product designed for service providers. This is an official product launch announcement from a vendor serving the automotive dealership ecosystem.
Space Auto announces upcoming launch of Autonomous AI Agents for dealerships that automate scheduling, follow-ups, and CRM note-taking. This is a new product announcement for a dealership CRM/operations vendor.
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