Acquisitions, product launches, funding, OEM approvals, and leadership moves across automotive dealership technology — tracked and updated daily.
Verkada announced two key leadership appointments to its Asia-Pacific team: Steve Bray as Regional Vice President for Australia and New Zealand, and Blake Day as Head of ASEAN. These senior executive additions support the company's regional growth strategy.
PureCars unveiled RylieAI, a new AI-powered platform combining advanced AI technology with PureCars' proprietary data tools for dealership marketing, customer relationship management, and workflow automation. This is a new product announcement.
Repairify announces hiring of Jennifer Hawxhurst as Vice President of Sales and promotions of Aubrey Dahl to Senior Vice President of Global Sales Operations and Andy Noyes to Vice President of Sales. This includes VP-level executive appointments.
TSD Mobility announces a strategic collaboration with Uber for Business that integrates on-demand ride requests directly into the TSD dealership platform.
iService announces a new text-to-pay mobile payment solution for dealership service lane checkout. This is a new product feature for the service operations vendor.
Kudelski IoT and KEYper Systems announce a strategic collaboration to offer integrated key management and tracking solutions for dealerships. This launches a combined product offering for the dealership ecosystem.
Hunter Engineering announces an enhanced version of its HawkEye® XL Commercial Alignment System, now available internationally and being showcased at the ATA's Technology & Maintenance Council annual meeting.
Blink Charging announces that Michael Battaglia, current COO and CEO Elect, will present at the Needham Growth Conference. This confirms Battaglia's appointment to the CEO role at the EV charging vendor.
FRIKINtech announced that AI lead follow-up capability is now available for their SALESiQ product, which provides dynamic payment tools for dealership websites. The feature extends successful AI functionality from their TRADEiQ tool.
Safe-Guard Products International appointed Deborah Wahl, former global CMO of General Motors, to its board of directors. Wahl brings significant executive marketing leadership experience to the automotive protection products platform.
Cars.com announced a new feature that automatically alerts dealers when shoppers they've connected with submit leads to other dealerships on the platform. This shopper alert capability is now available to Cars.com customers with lead details delivered to their CRM.
CDK announces a new AI-driven technology platform at NADA Show 2026, featuring automotive retail's largest dataset. This is a new product/platform launch from a major dealership software vendor.
NextGear Capital (Cox Automotive) announces a new sign-in experience integrating Bridge ID with Multi-Factor Authentication and Single Sign-On capabilities. This is a new feature launch for a dealership-relevant vendor.
CallRevu, an AI-powered communication intelligence vendor for automotive, appoints Rachel Richards to its Board of Directors. This is a significant executive appointment at an automotive dealership vendor.
Lendbuzz, an automotive fintech vendor, announced closing a $100 million credit facility with MUFG. The warehouse facility expansion will fuel Lendbuzz's loan origination growth and capacity expansion.
DAS Technology announces the launch of AI-powered, hyper-personalized vehicle sales videos as a new feature in its Consumer Data and Experience Platform. This represents a new product capability designed to convert car shoppers.
Repairify announces the appointment of Srisu Subrahmanyam as CEO and Keith Crerar as Chief Transformation Officer. This represents significant C-suite leadership changes for the automotive-relevant vendor.
asTech announced integration with LAUNCH Tech USA diagnostic platforms, now pre-installed on 5,000+ diagnostic tools. This represents a significant product integration and availability expansion.
Verkada announced a new integration partnership with SimonsVoss SmartIntego wireless locks and product enhancements at its VerkadaOne London conference. The announcement represents a new product integration being launched to the market.
ChargeLab released Spark AI Chat, an AI-powered assistant for EV charger troubleshooting integrated into the site host dashboard. Product feature launch for EV infrastructure management.
AsTech April 2025 newsletter announcing new OE tool support for Hyundai and Kia models through GDS and KDS toolkits. Product expansion for diagnostic tool platform.
DigniFi announced appointment of Andrew Hill as Chief Credit Risk Officer, bringing 15+ years of consumer lending and AI underwriting expertise. Leadership change at automotive FinTech company.
TradePending announced launch of Value Watch, an automated tool for dealerships providing monthly vehicle value updates to customers via email and text. New product designed to increase brand awareness and sales opportunities.
CCC Intelligent Solutions and OEConnection announced integration of OEC's RepairLogic solution into CCC ONE platform, expected to roll out in early 2026. This streamlines collision repair workflows and represents a significant product integration.
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