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Salesforce has launched latest Automotive Cloud innovations to assist automotive firms harness data and AI to offer more personalised in-car experiences, manage fleets, and simplify auto lending and leasing.   Automotive Cloud will unify automaker’s data – from vehicle telematics to service records to customer data – to power latest features that provide a real-time, contextualized view of what’s happening inside a vehicle so every driver can get a very personalised experience. Connected cars will make up 95% of all latest vehicles sold by 2030. Today’s connected cars are already generating an estimated 25 gigabytes of information per hour — data that automotive firms must harness to…

Stuart Whittle has joined Hippo Motor Group as its recent chief financial officer, with a remit to create a digitally focused growth strategy for its three businesses, Hippo Leasing, Caruno and Hippo Approved, its used automobile retail arm recently rebranded from Hippo Prestige. Whittle has greater than 20 years’ finance experience and prior to joining the Blackburn-based firm held senior leadership roles within the vehicle, property and banking sectors, including Close Motor Finance, LSL Property Services and Leeds Constructing Society. Director Tom Preston said: “We’ve enjoyed phenomenal growth over the past few years through investment in our team, technology, and state-of-the-art…

Adrian Mardell, chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover, has said “we do have to apologise” after a parts logistics crisis has left almost 5,000 of its customers’ cars still stuck at JLR dealerships awaiting repairs. JLR has downsized its UK parts supply network from 18 warehouses to at least one ‘super-centre’, the Mercia Park complex in Leicestershire, operated by its logistics partner Unipart Logistics. But because the “transition” began at first of Q4 there was a crisis in supplies of parts for Jaguar and Land Rover dealerships and authorised repairers, resulting in cars being parked up awaiting parts and the JLR network ran…

An acute shortage of ADAS-qualified technicians within the UK could pose a serious risk to road safety, based on The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI). It estimates that by the top of 2023, no less than one in ten cars on UK roads will feature Level 2 autonomy, growing to almost half of the automotive parc by 2030. Nonetheless, based on latest data which features in ADAS TechSafe Technician Forecasts that may require 18,000 technicians to satisfy current ADAS requirements – currently there are only around 3,500. Steve Nash, CEO of the IMI, believes all of the noise about EV…

Corporations House has confirmed it’s investigating the malicious hacking of Vertu Motors’ official information. A spokesman told AM that Corporations House which is an executive agency of the Department for Business and Trade: “We’re aware of this case and are working with the corporate to determine the facts.” The publicly available records of Britain’s third-largest automotive dealership Vertu Motors had been falsely amended to point out that quite a few directors had resigned from the corporate and fictional latest board members ncluding a ‘Mr Ice Crystal Augustus’ had been appointed of their place. The group, which continues to be attempting to correct the record,…

Two Rugby entrepreneurs are celebrating after transforming a used automotive business during lockdown that’s seen them go from selling vehicles from a driveway to opening their very own bespoke showroom.  Best friends Steve Kempster and Richard Turrall had each spent 10 years working in dealership chains across the region. After losing his job in the beginning of the pandemic, Kempster risked the whole lot to fulfil a lifelong dream of getting his own independent dealership.   Kempster recalled: “I had £2,000 in savings and I invested all of it in two cars. At the identical time, I built an internet…

Confidence in battery health will likely be vital in supporting more consumers switch to pure electric vehicles within the years ahead, and the industry must turn into adept at identifying underperforming cells and restoring battery health to optimal levels writes Dr Sara Ridley, engineering and quality director at Autocraft EV Solutions, a part of Autocraft Solutions Group. Because the transition to electric gains momentum, several essential obstacles must first be eliminated if EV is to actually turn into a viable alternative to the inner combustion engine (ICE).  While much of the discussion tends to deal with aspects like range anxiety…

Peoples Group saw turnover increase by 11.3% year-on-year to £306.8 million, while profits for the yr reduced by 9.5% to £7.67m on what was a previous record yr. The annual results for the yr ended July 31, 2023 was boosted particularly by the group’s aftersales performance. Latest automobile sales were up 21%, used automobile sales up 11% and aftersales profits soared by 31%. Business vehicle sales were down 17% as a result of an industry-wide shortage.  The group saw a 2.5% return on sales across the group’s locations in Edinburgh, Falkirk, Livingston and three sites in Liverpool. Brian Gilda, chairman of Peoples,…

Automobile retailers from across the country are facing a series of rapid clean-up operations following the flood damage brought on by Storm Babet. Storm Babet brought widespread flooding to parts of the UK. A rare Red severe weather warning was put in place in eastern parts of Scotland, together with quite a few Amber and Yellow rainfall warnings in lots of parts of the country which led to widespread flooding. Scotland’s family-owned and operated John Clark Motor Group which has heavily invested in a brand new dealership in Aberdeen – where exceptional rainfall predictions prompted a Yellow warning – luckily…

Marshall Motor Group has been appointed the authorised Nissan sales & service franchise for Doncaster. The brand new dealership on Merchant Way will open on 1 December and create 25 local jobs. The 1-acre facility will likely be Doncaster’s only Nissan recent automobile and van, approved used automobile and van, fleet/business, service and parts franchise serving customers across South Yorkshire and beyond. This recent facility includes 12 automobile/van double height showroom, 40 used automobile/van display, 10 bay workshop, a hub of electrical charging points, customer lounges, customer interaction areas and a coffee bar. Paul Stapylton, Marshall Nissan franchise director, said:…