AutoConverse

This podcast features a conversation Fixed Operations Director Ed Roberts alongside FIXED OPS DIGITAL CEO Owen Moon and RevolutionParts CEO Ibrahim Mesbah talking about how declining collision repair is threatening long term dealership profitability, and what dealers can do to counter it. View the original live stream on YouTube and on our blog.

This week on the Mobility Tech & Connectivity Show it's #CuriousEventsDay and we welcome Special Guest Ashley Karr, Head of B2B Marketing at CarGurus about an upcoming and curious event called Navigate '19 - a user conference designed to educate attendees on solutions to major challenges that dealerships face today, including areas like digital marketing, strategy, and leadership.

Also in the news..Toyota's New Augmented Reality Shopping Experience: A Shift In The Car Buying Journey? The 7-year Auto Loan - America’s Middle Class Can’t Afford It’s Cars; and The Implausibility of Intelligence Explosion.

View the original live stream on YouTube or visit this podcast on the AutoConverse Blog.

This week on the Mobility Tech & Connectivity Show it's NameYourCarDay and we welcome Special Guest Troy Blackwell from NuVinAir to talk with us about pain points in dealerships and how creativity, support, and clear communication are essential to the future success between auto makers and retailers.

Also in the news: Tesla on track to surpass 100k sales last quarter; Update on the GM - UAW Strike

View the original live stream on our website.

In the Age of Digital Retailing, there are many opinions about how to improve the auto shopper experience. But can the auto shopper experience actually be improved? One person thinks so – Eric Brown - an Automotive Entrepreneur with experience in building high-growth companies in media, internet technology, health care, and automotive verticals. Brown believes the auto shopping experience can be improved, and he’s setting out to do it with his latest start-up – AskOtto.com. View the original live streaming recording on AutoConversion.net.

This week on the Mobility Tech & Connectivity Show it is #RespectDay and we honor the day by encouraging people to focus on ways in which they can be respectful to others. We also welcome two (2) separate guests today:

1. Tony Gomes from Honda Americas to share his story about the Takata airbags recall replacement strategy, and
2. Ashok Kartham from Mize to talk with us about the connected customer experience through warranty and service, and enlisting your service technicians in proactive business growth.

Other news items this week include:

• Ford agrees to sell Canvas to Fair, bowing out of vehicle subscriptions.
• Cox Automotive Invests $350M In Electric Car Maker Rivian. 
• GM workers on Nationwide strike

Watch the complete show with show notes on AutoConverse.com.

While the U.S. economy continues to show strength, the auto industry is feeling the pressure of affordability issues, a general saturation point with new-vehicle sales and an influx of off-lease products. As a result, vehicle inventories continue to rise, prompting dealers and automakers to push new incentives to keep sales flowing. These is the primary talking point of this month’s Used Car Marketing Dealer Strategy Session. View original live stream on YouTube.

This week on the Mobility Tech & Connectivity Show we welcome HyreCar SVP of Brian Allan to talk about how how Rideshare solutions such as HyreCar are providing alternative revenue streams for Auto Retailers. View original live stream on YouTube: Can Ride-Hailing Offset Decline in Car Sales? - Conversation with Brian Allan from HyreCar

Can autonomous driving can be done without the need for costly and time-consuming HD mapping technology? One company thinks so - Imagry. Imagry uses a highly intelligent, vision-based approach called mapless autonomous driving that doesn’t require HD mapping, allowing the market for autonomous vehicles to scale and commercialize more rapidly at less cost. In this episode we meet with Imagry Founder & CEO Adham Ghazali. View the original live stream on our website. 

Digital Dealer is where top dealers go to get ahead of the technology curve, delivering the largest array of industry speakers, peer-to-peer opportunities, and exhibit hall offerings – all carefully designed to impart groundbreaking strategies. And in this episode, Ryan Gerardi sits with FIXED OPS DIGITAL Co-Founder Owen Moon and Mike "the Car Guy" Correra for a complete recap of the 15-plus interviews they conducted over with the industry's top thinkers and personalities during the 3-day event. View the original live stream on YouTube.

This week on the Mobility Tech & Connectivity Show it’s Lighthouse Day. The lighthouse has been a staple of culture in the world since we built boats to sail the seas. And today we honor the silent, but bright, guardians of our coastlines and ships. Also on the docket today: The Fed jumps into the FinTech race; Is Ride-Hailing facing Reality?; and Insights from AutoIntel Summit with Special Guest Austin Ledgerwood from Cover Genius. View the original live stream recording on YouTube.