Autoblog’s Leroy Marion reports on the “full replica” of a Georgia Lexus dealer’s online presence that convinced a would-be customer to pay $77,300 for a nonexistent vehicle. +
Ford’s Dealer Technology division has added myKaarma as a preferred partner, giving service departments a factory-endorsed suite of AI-based video inspection tools. +
Cox Automotive’s acquisition of Fullpath’s customer data platform and marketing automation tools will give dealers the ability to create personalized customer experiences at scale. +
Vehicle Management Systems has launched Virtual Fleet Manager, a fleet- and dealer-facing AI-first platform designed to provide an intelligent operating layer for connected vehicles and fleets. +
Customer data management and advertising solutions provider PureCars has acquired AutoAlert, a leading data mining and customer engagement firm. +
RockED announced the release of Booster, an automated, AI-powered training solution designed to maximize fixed ops revenue by targeting sales performance gaps. +
Nordis Technologies has released a new, free guide for owners of auto dealerships and other businesses in need of an AI implementation action plan. +
voAIce announced the acquisition of TheCRM, a move that combines voAIce’s suite of AI-powered tools with TheCRM’s live data infrastructure in a unified system. +
EasyCoach powered by Siro is a new training platform designed to leverage AI to identify gaps, opportunities and risks to improve insights and performance for groups, dealerships and individuals. +
The manual review process is the last great bottleneck for dealers and auto finance sources. Attorney Tom Oscherwitz is counting on agentic AI to clear it. +
