Stellantis is aiming to create a proof of concept to convert internal combustion engine (ICE) light commercial vehicles (LCV) into electric vehicles (EV) through a new partnership Qinomic.
Car retailers will need to brush up their knowledge of car manufacturers’ advances in electric vehicle (EV) battery technology advances to avoid a slump in value set to impact so-called ‘black cars’.
Luxury and supercar retail group HR Owen claims to have introduced new technology which streamlines its online customer journey to make it “more geared towards their curiosities and desires than ever before.”
The Research Institute of Sweden (RISE) is launching cyber security initiative dedicated to vehicle testing to combat threats to connected vehicles.
Following Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt acknowledgement that the UK was in recession during last week’s Autumn Statement Mad Devs chief executive David Boyce is keen to highlight the need for car retailers to keep their customers close through challenging economic times.
RSM has urged car dealers across the UK to prioritise enhanced cyber security in response to increasing concern around the number of cyber-attacks across the sector.
Former Imperial Cars operations director and Cazoo retail operations director, Neil Smith has partnered with Autofinity.
The trade-to-trade online used car stocking platform Dealer Auction has announced the appointment of Ian Armitage as technology director.
Electric vehicles (EVs) are failing to show a clear advantage over petrol and diesel cars and vans when it comes to servicing, research by Epyx has found.
A 48-page insight into dealer technology is at the heart of the new October 2022 issue of AM magazine for car dealers, now available to read free, here, in digital format.
Pendragon has become motor retail's latest victim to hackers, who have reportedly issued a $60 million (£53m) ransom demand to the major AM100 dealer group.
Hyundai Motor Group plans to invest £11.4bn in a new global software centre and research and development (R&D) headquarters by 2030 as it targets a new era defined by pioneering connected car technologies.
Ohme chief executive Peter McDonald says the electric vehicle (EV) charge point provider will prove its value to car retailers and customers after striking up a new partnership with the Volkswagen Group.
A new Kia app has “paved the way” for more of its franchised car dealerships to offer short-term car rental services ranging from hourly to weekly vehicle loans.
War, inflation, rising gas prices...not to mention a looming recession. Keyloop's executive vice-president of Alliances and OEMs Megan Harvey considers how car retail businesses can overcome the economic headwinds.
Auto Trader is preparing to roll-out its used car valuations data to all its car retail customers as part of efforts to help them adapt to the “unpredictability” of the current trading climate.
Keyloop and Salesforce will provide the real-time sharing of customer data between the OEM, retailers and the wider supply chain, to support the “more complex” customer interactions in an agency model.
Almost 1.4 million automotive sector jobs in the UK will be eradicated by automation by 2030, according to the findings of a new study.
CitNOW Group has continued its growth through acquisition strategy with the acquisition of Auto Imaging.
Carwow has partnered with artificial intelligence (AI) platform Re:infer to help identify customers’ readiness to buy.
Mad Devs is establishing a new global technology hub in Leeds to help accelerate innovation and service its customers in the UK, Europe and Australia.
BMW is starting production of hydrogen powertrains at its Munich plant as part of an alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) strategy which includes mass-production in future.
In this Automotive Management (AM) opinion post Bernard Montel, EMEA technical director and security strategist at Tenable, explains how connected EVs have become a prime target for cyber criminals.
Pendragon is providing its customers a new payment option with Pinewood DMS and Vyne open banking in-store and online.
The newly-appointed head of Keyloop's Alliances division Megan Harvey has a vision of automotive retail which sees 'big data' join the dots between sales, aftersales, customer relations and mobility.
