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Canatu, DENSO Make a Breakthrough in Carbon Nanotube Mass Production for ADAS
Canatu and DENSO have started up their new, jointly developed carbon nanotube reactor at the Canatu factory in Finland. The new high-performance reactor was developed to scale-up carbon nanotube film manufacturing to meet increasing demand to address
Apr 4, 2024
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Handling The Trade: Double Sales Appointments by Talking about the Trade-In
Picture this: It’s training day at a high-volume Toyota dealership somewhere in the U.S. and Michael and I are training a team of 60 salespeople. It’s a mixed bag; some vets, some newbies, lots of in-betweeners and COVID babies. I’m discuss
Apr 4, 2024
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Brandt Auto Group Completes Breakup After Gayle Benson Withdraws Compliant
After a complaint by Gayle Benson with the state of Louisiana was withdrawn, the breakup of the Ray Brandt Auto Group is complete. The deals closes a four year legal battle between Ray Brandt’s widow Jessica and his grandchildren over an estimated
Apr 3, 2024
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Auto Industry Survey Shows Improvements in Leveraging Automation, AI For Lenders
While they are still trying to understand all of its benefits, auto finance leaders are beginning to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into their daily workflow. Informed.IQ, a developer of AI-based software that verifies, streamlines and opti
Apr 3, 2024
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Dealer Magazine: How to be Profitable During the Collapse of Western Civilization
The banks are tightening up, your near-prime and subprime sources have all but dried up. Interest rates are still high. You were so proud of yourself last year when you knocked that deal out of the ballpark with $10,000 over MSRP with 84 months finan
Apr 2, 2024
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Tire Industry Drives Digital ID Standards
This story was original published at RFIDJournal.com. Legislation in Europe is focusing on sustainability and tracking how products are made, used and recycled. One mammoth group paying close attention is the tire industry. With 1.2 billion tires in
Apr 1, 2024
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Dealers Bracing for Disruption at Port of Baltimore
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to note the opening of temporary channels at the port The Port of Baltimore is the busiest in America for shipments of cars. And the deadly accident that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge wil
Apr 1, 2024
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Dealer Magazine: This is Why Customers Defect to Independent Garages…
Dealership customer-pay parts and labor sales average $46 billion annually. That is less than 20% of total parts and labor sales performed annually at all service centers. Therefore, over 80% of customers vote with their checkbook and spend their mon
Mar 29, 2024
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CDK Bridges Longstanding Gap Between OEM and Dealer Shopping Experiences With Automotive Commerce Collab
AUSTIN, Texas – March 26, 2024 – Due to friction created between the various technologies used by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and franchise dealers, consumers have long experienced frustration when navigating their buying and servici
Mar 28, 2024