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Salesforce seeks to unify automobile supply chain with Automotive Cloud

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Now Salesforce is hoping to sweep that away with Salesforce Automotive Cloud, a dedicated platform for the auto industry that sticks close to industry standards on data exchange. Michael Ramsey, a VP and automotive analyst at Gartner, said Automotive Cloud offers a way for auto makers to take back control of their branding. “At

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HAAS Alert raises $5M seed round to scale its automotive collision prevention system

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HAAS Alert, a SaaS company that provides real-time automotive collision prevention for public safety and roadway fleets, has raised $5 million in seed funding that the company says it will use to scale sales and outreach efforts and prioritize R&D with vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) technology partnerships.

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Tekion, the automotive retail platform headed by a former Tesla CIO, just tripled in value

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To pull car dealers into the 21st century with a snazzy end-to-end automotive SaaS platform like the one he helped develop inside Tesla. ” In the meantime, the growth of Tekion — whose operations are split between California and Bangalore, India — appears to largely organic. It’s a lot better, though.

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Digital Accessibility is Critical to Automotive UX

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Digital Accessibility Is Critical to Automotive UX Automotive companies are faced with so many challenges as the industry evolves faster than ever – yet a problem that has plagued them for ages continues to stick around: accessibility.

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Technology’s role in social sustainability

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Employee engagement and well-being: The move towards hybrid and remote work, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has prompted organizations to embrace digital technologies to support employee engagement and well-being. Community engagement and wellbeing: True social sustainability includes the community in which a business operates.

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The Future of the Automotive Shopping Landscape Powered by Unified, Immersive, Frictionless Buying

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First, if you’re an automotive sales associate and you see my father coming – run. The automotive shopping experience needs to change. The future of automotive shopping will and should be driven by immersive, unified shopping experiences that remove friction completely. So, what’s the overall lesson here? Well, there’s a few.

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Rhonda Walker Has Changed the Automotive Industry, Whether She Knows It Or Not

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This weekend, I learned so much about that organization at the Rhonda Walker Foundation Gala – probably one of the most moving events I’ve experienced – where she spoke about celebrating their 20th anniversary of supporting young women and their incredible achievements. This city has been completely transformed in just the last 20 years.