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Road to EV Adoption: Why Timing Is Everything
As the saying goes, timing is everything. Those expecting U.S. electric vehicle adoption rates to accelerate as quickly as Europe’s underestimated this universal truth. To be fair, the 8.9 percent EV share of overall auto industry sales during Q3 2
Jan 28, 2025
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Dealer/GM News
Digital Tools Improved New-Car Buyers Process in 2024
New-vehicle buyers reported a record 75 percent satisfaction rate with the overall shopping experience, the highest ever record in the 15 year history of Cox Automotive’s 2024 Car Buyer Journey (CBJ) Study. According to analysis, the surge is attri
Jan 28, 2025
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Dealer Ops & Leadership
Best Practices to Ensure Retailers Are Securing Digital Deal Jackets
In today’s digital age, the automotive industry has embraced many technological advancements to streamline operations and enhance customer experiences. Among these, the digitalization of Deal Jackets—the comprehensive records that encapsulate eve
Jan 27, 2025
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Dealer/GM News
U.S. Has Reached Peak Truck: Dave Cantin Group’s 2025 Market Outlook Report
The U.S. auto industry has reached peak truck, electric vehicles are here to stay, Korean brands are outpacing competitors, and technology is reigniting customer excitement and dealer profitability. Those are some of the forecasts from the latest Dav
Jan 27, 2025
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Dealer/GM News
NADA 2025: automotiveMastermind introduces new generative AI talk tracks for dealerships
automotiveMastermind, has launched new enhancements around Actionable Intelligence with Mastermind CoPilot, a generative AI-enabled sales talk track generator built on Mastermind’s extensive data and predictive analytics. Mastermind CoPilot pro
Jan 26, 2025
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NADA 2025: RecovR, KEYper Systems Team Up to Modernize Dealership Key Management
Kudelski IoT and KEYper Systems recently announced a strategic collaboration to transform key management for car dealerships. The partnership brings together the secure key storage and checkout solutions of KEYper Systems with the advanced, real-time
Jan 26, 2025
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NADA 2025: FordDirect, Cox Automotive Strengthen Their Smart VINCENT Integration Partnership
VinSolutions announced it has strengthened its partnership with FordDirect through a new integration with Smart VINCENT. This new integration benefits Ford Dealers and Lincoln Retailers currently enrolled in the CRM Data Edge program, by simplifying
Jan 26, 2025
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Dealer/GM News
NADA 2025: Repair OnDemand Announces Data Integration With Cox’s vAuto
Repair OnDemand announced a data integration with Cox Automotive’s vAuto platform to provide benefits for mutual dealer customers of both Repair OnDemand and vAuto. Repair OnDemand’s advanced diagnostic tool, BlueDriver MAX, will now be integrate
Jan 26, 2025
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NADA 2025: Conversica Announces New AI Agents For Automotive Dealerships
Conversica announced the introduction of its new AI Agents powered by AnswersIQ for Auto, its proprietary product solution featuring auto inventory capabilities. A leading provider of Conversational AI solutions for enterprise revenue teams, Convers
Jan 25, 2025