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A Dealer’s Camera System Helps it Beat Claims of DamageA Dealer’s Camera System Helps it Beat Claims of Damage

August 26, 2024| 9:16 am

Image: Bill Pugliano (Getty Images) With the slimy way that dealers often do business, it always comes as a surprise when dealers get a win—and one that’s both right and verifiable. For that, you have to give credit where it’s due. In this case, one dealer’s camera system has been used to catch customers lying about the service department damaging their vehicles, Automotive News reports. Gjovik Ford in Plano, Ill. opened two years ago. Given that the dealer had an 11-acre vehicle lot, owner Todd O’Reilly knew that he would need an excellent security system to cover that kind [...]

Car dealerships slowly examine ChatGPT’s potentialCar dealerships slowly examine ChatGPT’s potential

July 15, 2023| 12:30 pm

Dealerships may be dabbling in ChatGPT right now, but some of their technology providers believe adoption will happen swiftly. “I think we’re talking a year to a year and a half where [ChatGPT is] doing a huge amount of the car-buying process itself in an automated way,” Horwitz said. IMG05 TruVideo — maker of a messaging, video and AI platform for dealerships — added ChatGPT to its communications software and started a rollout of its updated technology in April, said CEO Joe Shaker. Shaker, who is also owner of Shaker Auto Group in New England, said the technology enables the… [...]

Canadian Black Book names Yolanda Biswah its first president since 2019Canadian Black Book names Yolanda Biswah its first president since 2019

July 12, 2023| 6:51 am

Canadian Black Book has a new president, its first since 2019. The data and analytics that specializes in used-vehicle analysis promoted Yolanda Biswah to the newly created position July 1. Canadian Black Book has not had a president since 2019. The position has been reestablished, according to a company spokesman. Biswah was most recently senior vice-president and general manager of Canadian Black Book, which is owned by the US-based Black Book company. “This is a proud, historic Canadian brand, and I am excited to lead it at such an exciting time in the industry,” said Biswah of Canadian Black Book.… [...]

Need to Fix Damage to Your Rear Windshield?Need to Fix Damage to Your Rear Windshield?

June 18, 2023| 7:20 pm

Damage to your auto glass can put you and others in your vehicle at risk. Working with a company that offers professional auto glass services is usually the best way to resolve these problems quickly and effectively. If your rear windshield has sustained damage in an accident or by flying road debris, here are some of the most important things you should know about auto glass repairs for your vehicle in Tampa, FL. What Are the Two Types of Auto Glass? Auto glass generally falls into two basic categories. Tempered glass is used for rear windshields and window glass [...]

Transparency, simplicity key to supply chain, auto execs sayTransparency, simplicity key to supply chain, auto execs say

June 16, 2023| 11:35 pm

Young was joined by Jonathan Jennings, vice president of supply chain for Ford Motor Co.; Jeff Morrison, vice president of global purchasing and supply chain for General Motors; Ray Scott, president and CEO of Lear Corp.; and David Dauch, chairman and CEO of American Axle & Manufacturing. The roundtable was part of the Automotive Golf Classic, an annual event hosted by Automotive News, benefitting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan. The panel discussion, which took place at Indianwood Golf & Country Club in Orion Township, was moderated by Philip Nussel, online editor at Automotive News. The [...]

Elon Musk’s politics play to potential EV buyers in red statesElon Musk’s politics play to potential EV buyers in red states

June 7, 2023| 10:56 pm

Mario Natarelli, managing partner of the MBLM marketing group, doesn’t see Musk’s political shift and controversial Twitter posts as an attempt to shift from “blue” liberal customers to “red” conservative shoppers. “I don’t buy the argument that Musk is trying to pivot to red customers,” Natarelli said. “To think that he’s doing it on purpose seems really shortsighted.” Many brands seen as blue, such as Apple, or red, such as Walmart, are able to attract broad swaths of the American political landscape by focusing on their brand strengths, Natarelli said. MBLM publishes an annual brand intimacy report that ranked Tesla… [...]

GM battery materials investment in Quebec to top $1 billionGM battery materials investment in Quebec to top $1 billion

June 4, 2023| 9:55 pm

General Motors and South Korea’s Posco Future M said they will invest more to expand the production capacity at their chemical battery materials facility in Canada, taking their estimated total investment in the plant to over US$1 billion. The companies said on June 2 the new investment in their Ultium CAM plant, expected to start operating in 2025, will be used to set up additional facilities for local on-site processing of critical minerals used in electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The announcement comes less than a week after the two initially said it would be a C$600-million facility in Becancour, Que.… [...]

Braking defect prompts Tesla’s big recall in ChinaBraking defect prompts Tesla’s big recall in China

May 14, 2023| 5:19 pm

Tesla Inc. recalled virtually every car it’s sold in China due to a braking and acceleration defect that may increase crashes and safety risks. The automaker will deploy an over-the-air software fix to more than 1.1 million vehicles produced in Shanghai from January 2019 to April this year, plus some models imported into China, the State Administration for Market Regulation said Friday in a statement. The defect relates to Tesla’s regenerative braking system, which makes use of energy created when drivers take their foot off the accelerator by sending power to the car’s battery. The vehicles haven’t allowed drivers to… [...]

Kia and Hyundai Break-Ins On the Rise in KentKia and Hyundai Break-Ins On the Rise in Kent

May 13, 2023| 6:45 pm

Social media challenges, which have steadily increased since 2020, range from silly and benign to downright dangerous and harmful. One of the latest harmful challenges to hit social media this summer is the “Kia Challenge”—and it continues to gain momentum across the country. The Kia Challenge is a TikTok trend that encourages social media users to steal Kias manufactured between 2011-2021 and Hyundais made between 2015 and 2021. These models are being targeted because they don’t come with an engine immobilizer, which is a piece of hardware that prevents the engine from starting if the matching chip in the key… [...]

McLaren reportedly confirms four-door model and next flagship supercarMcLaren reportedly confirms four-door model and next flagship supercar

May 13, 2023| 2:33 pm

See Full Image Gallery McLaren’s on-again, off-again four-door model has received the green light for production, according to an unverified report. The company is also allegedly working on a new flagship model that will take the torch from the long-retired P1 and get Formula One-derived technology. Citing anonymous dealer sources, industry trade journal Automotive News wrote that the first four-door McLaren model will make its debut by the end of the 2020s. “[McLaren will] bring in another class of automobile in 2028. Stay tuned. It may have four doors and four seats,” Jamie Corstorphine, the British company’s director [...]

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