Kia partners with Affinitiv for digital service lane platform

Kia’s dealership network will now have access to a more modern, tech-based service lane platform via a partnership with Affinitiv, a software firm specializing in automotive solutions. The new digital platform, called Ultimate Service Lane, will help Kia dealers simplify the service lane process, prioritize efficiency and profitability as well as keep the customer connected […]

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Volvo readies EV tech center in New Jersey for dealership training

Volvo Cars broke ground Friday on a new technical center specifically for electric vehicles at its headquarters in Mahwah, N.J. The 12,800-square-foot facility is expected to open next March and will be used to train dealership technicians from the U.S., Canada and South America. Anders Gustafsson, Volvo’s senior vice president of the Americas and president

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2023 Cadillac Escalade-V, 2024 Chevrolet Blazer SS EV, Nissan Navarra R: The Week In Reverse

We drove the 682-hp Cadillac Escalade-V, Chevrolet revealed the 2024 Blazer SS without specs, and we got a look at the Nissan Navarra R with the heart of a GT-R. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. We sat at the helm of the 2023 Cadillac Escalade-V in the Arizona heat. The

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Driver-assist NHTSA crash data called limited, useful

WASHINGTON — Despite caveats in NHTSA’s first-ever release of data on crashes linked to advanced driver-assistance systems and automated-driving systems, safety experts say the effort is still a useful step toward greater transparency. The nation’s top highway safety agency last week said it received reports of nearly 400 crashes involving driver-assist systems and 130 crashes

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How a California ‘startup factory’ is sparking new ideas in automotive

John Kuolt is certain of what he’s not doing as founder and CEO of the year-old UP.Labs. He’s not building a startup incubator, nor a studio, and definitely not an accelerator program. What exactly is he doing? “We’ve been trying to figure out how to best describe it,” he said, mulling his choice of words

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2023 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 ZR2 Bison teaser previews more serious off-roader

The mid-size Colorado started the move toward increasingly serious off-roaders at Chevrolet and now the Silverado 1500 lineup is getting in on the act. On Thursday, Chevy teased, with a video, that the Silverado 1500 ZR2 Bison is coming this summer. This comes just months after Chevy released the 2022 Silverado 1500 ZR2 as a

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