Acquisitions, product launches, funding, OEM approvals, and leadership moves across automotive dealership technology — tracked and updated daily.
The Niello Company successfully launched a centralized service BDC across 10 dealerships using Volie, improving efficiency and customer experience. Case study demonstrates measurable operational improvements.
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.
Irvine BMW expanded online parts sales across multiple platforms using RevolutionParts' centralized management solution. Case study demonstrates vendor's impact on parts department operations.
Floor plan financing vendor expands Flex Pricing terms to four additional states with enhanced deferred payment options. Represents expansion of pricing/product availability.
Titan Motors increased finance applications by 80% using Dealer OMG's paid social and integrated email marketing solutions. The case study demonstrates measurable results from the vendor's platform.
Podcast episode featuring BMW of Louisville's Fixed Ops Director discussing how the dealership transformed its struggling service operation into a profitable, customer-focused department. Includes specific operational improvements and metrics about transformation.
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.
Dealertrack announces Digital Contracting flat-fee pricing offer exclusive to NextGear Capital clients, creating a new pricing structure.
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.
STELLA Automotive AI appointed Bob Haeffner as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Operations, bringing 30+ years of leadership and financial strategy experience.
Dealer Solutions & Design announced a comprehensive rebrand and launched Asset Genius, a new cloud-based asset management platform for dealership fixed operations.
Lender Compliance Technologies announced the appointment of Robert Johnson to its Board of Advisors. Johnson brings 30+ years of automotive and equipment finance industry experience to advise LCT's F&I compliance platform.
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.
Dealer eProcess announces that Sherpa AI website personalization technology is now in-program for Stellantis US dealers. This represents OEM approval/certification for the vendor's solution.
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.
Verkada announces Ardon Anderson as Vice President of EMEA as part of regional expansion. However, Verkada is a physical security vendor not primarily focused on automotive dealership ecosystem.
StoneEagle announces BreAnna McCready as Senior Vice President of Sales. McCready brings over a decade of automotive technology leadership experience including roles at AutoFi and Hireology.
Hudson Automotive Group, a multi-location dealership group with 50+ dealerships across seven states, implemented Oxlo to streamline and centralize customer satisfaction data collection across their growing organization. This is a case study demonstrating measurable vendor implementation results.
Amy Mills, executive vice president and chief strategy officer at Cox Automotive, announced her retirement after 25 years with the company. This is a significant C-suite departure from a major automotive dealership technology vendor.
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.
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