The WSADA has filed suit against Volkswagen subsidiary Scout Motors, alleging the EV maker’s direct sales plan runs afoul of state franchise laws. +
Ikon Technologies’ Christopher Schouten says AI routing is helping dealers retain more service customers as the industry average for dropped calls stands at 13%. +
A supplier fire and high demand helped the Honda CR-V outsell the Ford F-Series by more than 16,000 units in the first half of the year. +
Subaru leads all manufacturers with an 18% year-over-year increase in a report full of double-digit sales gains driven largely by demand for hybrids. +
Fred Weick has been named CEO of Autonomy, a dealer-partnered, month-to-month EV subscription service, reporting to founder Scott Painter. +
A new integration with UVeye was designed to offer a more complete picture of vehicle health by bringing repair history and recall information directly into the service lane workflow. +
Porsche leads all factories in JD Power’s 2026 Initial Quality Study, which finds infotainment and touchscreens have failed to keep pace with a trend toward fewer reported issues. +
The judge presiding over a $1.5 million lawsuit against a Massachusetts Nissan dealership approved Nissan Motor Acceptance’s request for daily sales reports. +
A new partnership combines QoreAI’s unified data layer with ID Privacy AI’s autonomous lead follow-up, service retention and recall outreach agents. +
Geely Holding-owned Polestar failed to secure an exemption to the Connected Vehicle Rule and may no longer sell new EVs in the United States. +
