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- Heritage Automotive automates parts of the car buying journey
- Government announces £30m investment in EV and hydrogen technology
- Economical Fiat 500 EV drivers to be rewarded in cryptocurrency
- Vertu Motors invests in robot technologies to help ‘improve productivity’
- Zerolight and Amazon launch online new car configurator on Amazon Live
- Keyloop rebrand for CDK Global followed by Rapid RTC and enquiryMax acquisitions
- Connecting the ecosystem: making automotive retail faster and smarter
- Pinewood progresses VW and Ford integrations
- University students develop car dealer tech solutions for CDK competition
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Target 2030: Arnold Clark CEO Eddie Hawthorne is 'committing to decarbonisation'
Sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans will stop in the UK from 2030, as part of the Government’s “green industrial revolution”.
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Remote onboarding becoming the norm for dealers during COVID-19
The role of digital staff communication tools in motor retailers' recruitment processes
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10 minutes with... Cameron Wade, Silver Bullet managing director
As part of AM's regular '10 minutes with...' automotive retail supplier interview series, Tom Seymour, discussed 2020's rapid shift towards online car retail and what the future might hold with Silver Bullet managing director, Cameron Wade.
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Future retailing: Time for dealers to step up digital services
UK car dealers must step up their digital services or risk being left behind, as the COVID-19 pandemic has led many customers to carry out more research from their sitting rooms before they visit car showrooms to agree the deal.
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Five steps to successful e-commerce
How close is the industry to a fully-functioning online buying process? These keys may help speed it along.
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Five ways motor retailers can get the best from their websites
The mere existence of a website doesn’t guarantee its effectiveness, so how can motor retailers ensure that the web is working for them?
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Five differences in how to sell EVs and hybrids
Though volumes of all electric vehicles are likely to grow, there are some fundamental differences in selling hybrids and ‘pure’ EVs
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What are the growth drivers for plug-in car sales?
The scale and timing of national emissions policy and local clean air initiatives will have a significant effect on retailers’ PHEV fortunes
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‘The only obstacle to EV sales explosion is supply’
Manufacturers’ product pipelines are full of hybrids and pure EVs, but retailers need the right mindset and knowledge to sell them
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‘Dealers had to adapt in the past, I’m sure they will in the future’
Delegates at AM DigiTech heard that EVs and online sales will bring dealers massive disruption, but also profit opportunity
