Why car dealership leaders should train their replacements
The first rule of succession planning is talking about succession planning. Few dealerships have a formal replacement strategy in place......»»
Olympic Training Centers Are Using Big Data and AI to Give Team USA an Edge in Paris
"Big data" and artificial intelligence are changing how elite American athletes train for the biggest competition in the world......»»
Nebraska Ford dealership fined for its role in Clean Air Act violation
Moody Motor Co. was sentenced to one year of probation, a special assessment fee of $125 and a fine of nearly $40,000......»»
Dissatisfied parents demand superintendents, school boards step up their game, expert says
School district leaders including superintendents and board members are under increasing pressure from parents to show better results, according to research by an expert at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business. Among superintendents th.....»»
GM CEO Mary Barra guest stars in Mohawk Chevrolet"s viral video parody on TikTok
Mohawk Chevrolet’s TikTok series, “The Dealership,” shows co-creator Grace Kerber visiting GM headquarters to pitch a rebrand of the Silverado pickup......»»
Asbury Automotive sells Colorado, Georgia Nissan car dealerships
Asbury Automotive Group Inc. sold one Colorado dealership and one Georgia store during the second quarter, the dealership group said in its earnings report Aug. 2. The locations have been renamed Alpine Nissan of Denver and Nissan of Cumming......»»
ITSM concerns when integrating new AI services
Let’s talk about a couple of recent horror stories. Late last year, a Chevrolet dealership deployed a chatbot powered by a large language model (LLM) on their homepage. This LLM, trained with detailed specifications of Chevrolet vehicles, was inten.....»»
Cyber Threat Intelligence Capability Maturity Model (CTI-CMM) released
A partnership of 28 industry leaders serving public and private organizations across the vendor and consumer community volunteered their time, effort, and experience to launch the first version of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Capability Maturity Mod.....»»
California dealership to pay $290,000 to settle environmental violations complaint
Del Grande Dealer Group, in California's Bay Area, improperly disposed of automotive waste and failed to shred documents with customer information, authorities said......»»
Colombia, Guatemala learn from each other in rainforest preservation
In the lush jungle of northern Guatemala—in the largest protected area in Central America—30 leaders from Colombia's Amazon basin region are swapping strategies with local ethnic Maya farmers on how to live off this dense forest without destroyin.....»»
Lithia increases stake in Pinewood DMS company to more than 25%
Lithia Motors Inc. now owns more than a quarter of the U.K. dealership management system provider Pinewood Technologies following purchases of nearly 5 million shares in the months since its initial minority investment......»»
Top 5 stories of the week: Stellantis sues dealership over fleet dispute; Toyota testing scandal widens
A quick look at the top automotive stories of the week as determined by reader interest......»»
Lithia dealership sued after fatal Challenger test-drive crash
The daughters of a Texas motorist killed after her car was struck by a Lithia dealership's Dodge Challenger allegedly traveling at least 100 mph during a test drive have sued the store as well as the driver and salesman allegedly inside the muscle ca.....»»
Meta’s next AI model to require nearly 10 times the power to train
Mark Zuckerberg expects the compute requirements for next year's Llama 4 to be "10 times" that of last month's Llama 3......»»
Lithia net income down 28% in Q2 despite record revenue of $9.2B
Lithia Motors Inc. Q2 2024 earnings: Net income fell 28 percent during the second quarter despite the car dealership group generating record revenue for that earnings period......»»
Credit Acceptance posts Q2 net loss of $47.1 million as auto lender revamps cash flow forecasting
The average Credit Acceptance second-quarter auto loan financed $26,816 in principal and interest, paid the dealership a $12,278 advance and was slated to run for 61 months......»»
Asbury: Tekion DMS pilot in Ga. might get pushed to October over CDK dispute
Asbury Automotive Inc.'s dispute with CDK Global over data access might delay the national dealership group's plans to test Tekion at four Georgia dealerships by a month, Asbury told a Georgia court last month......»»
Stellantis sues dealership to avoid spending $180 million to buy back fleet vehicles
Stellantis has taken a North Carolina dealership to court to avoid having to repurchase several thousand unsold fleet vehicles at a cost of about $180 million......»»
Apple admits to using Google Tensor hardware to train Apple Intelligence
New artificial intelligence research published by Apple reveals that Apple has been using Google hardware to build the early foundations of Apple Intelligence.The research paper, called "Apple Intelligence Foundation Language Models" is pretty techni.....»»
Former dealer Joe Maus returns to auto retail with Chevrolet store
Former auto dealer Joe Maus purchased a Chevrolet dealership in South Carolina, his first acquisition after selling his stake in other stores the past few years......»»
How one car dealership group tackles health care insurance costs
A Carter Myers self-insured plan allows it to manage costs and potentially give leftover money back to help employees cover premiums......»»