Car Dealerships news and trends

This Week in AI: AI Opens Door for Retailers to Gather Insights and Drive Spending
artificial intelligence // December 06, 2024

New research shows artificial intelligence (AI) can now navigate computer interfaces through voice commands to handle eCommerce transactions, even as most U.S. consumers don’t realize they’re already using AI while shopping online. The technology’s advancement spans from voice shopping and replicas of customer focus groups...

AI Rewrites the Ticket for Car Sales
artificial intelligence // December 03, 2024

Dealers are letting artificial intelligence (AI) take the wheel in reshaping how Americans shop for cars, steering buyers from smart ads to digital showrooms. Car dealers embracing AI are seeing results, with all of them reporting revenue gains, according to a recent survey by auto...

BizzyCar Streamlines Automotive Service With Automated Recall Management
Transportation // October 21, 2024

Founded in 2018, BizzyCar is a player in the auto tech sector, transforming how automotive dealerships manage service operations with its automated platform focused on recalls.  In 2024 alone, more than 21 million vehicles in the U.S. have been recalled due to 635 safety-related issues....

Numa Obtains $32 Million to Drive AI-Powered Auto Dealer Platform
artificial intelligence // October 01, 2024

Numa, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for auto dealerships, announced it has secured $32 million in a Series B funding round. Numa will use the funding to expand its AI engineering team, accelerate product development and continue its mission to power AI-native dealerships, the company...

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AI Rewrites the Ticket for Car Sales

December 03, 2024
Dealers are letting artificial intelligence (AI) take the wheel in reshaping how Americans shop for cars, steering buyers from smart ads to digital showrooms. Car dealers embracing AI are seeing results, with all of them reporting revenue gains, according to a recent survey by auto customer information company Fullpath. The survey also found that eight […]

Vroom Completes Business Wind-Down; Shifts Focus to Core Assets

September 23, 2024
In a move to redefine its future, used car digital marketplace Vroom on Tuesday (Sept. 23) said it completed the wind-down of its eCommerce and used vehicle dealership operations and...

Blinker CEO: Every Picture Tells An Auto Sales Story

February 23, 2018
Americans like owning and driving cars — 88 percent of those who are legally able to drive are owners of cars, according to Pew, giving the U.S. the world’s second-highest...

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Numa Obtains $32 Million to Drive AI-Powered Auto Dealer Platform

October 01, 2024
Numa, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for auto dealerships, announced it has secured $32 million in a Series B funding round. Numa will use the funding to expand its AI engineering team, accelerate product development and continue its mission to power AI-native dealerships, the company said in a Tuesday (Oct. 1) news release. “We are […]

Curbee Launches Platform to Help Car Dealerships Add Mobile Service

July 26, 2024
Curbee has launched its software-as-a-service (SaaS) mobile service technology platform for car dealers nationwide. This move follows a successful limited launch of the platform in January, the company said in...

AutoNation: CDK Hack Will Hurt Earnings

July 15, 2024
The impact of the hack on car dealership software firm CDK Global continues to reverberate. AutoNation, one of the largest dealership chains in the country, warned on Monday (July 15)...

CDK Says It’s Recovering From Hack Faster Than Expected

July 02, 2024
CDK Global has “substantially all” of its car dealership customers back online with their management systems, about two weeks after the company’s systems were taken down by hackers. The company...