AutoMotion

AutoMotion is a mobile application management (MAM) platform for car buyers, OEMs, and automotive dealers.

AutoMotion
Available inEnglish
HeadquartersMinneapolis, Minnesota and San Francisco, California,
United States
Area servedNorth America
Founder(s)Ben Anderson
Key peopleCEO, Ben Anderson
URLwww.automotionapp.com

History

The founder, Ben Anderson, was awarded several state and regional awards for student entrepreneurship including the Minnesota Collegiate Entrepreneur Award, and Anderson was named the Great Lakes Regional Collegiate Entrepreneur.[1] The Minnesota Cup, in conjunction with the University of Minnesota named AutoMotionTV as a semi-finalist.[2] Anderson was also named as a global finalist[3] in the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards.

AutoMotion was featured in Automotive News as one of their "10 cool technologies".[4] The company also partnered with JATO Dynamics, an England-based data provider.[5]

Dominion Enterprises partnered with AutoMotion to provide video technology and content to its family of companies.[6]

The company launched a new mobile app platform for manufacturers and dealers.[7]

The company's president, Ben Anderson, was awarded the 2011 Minnesota Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the Small Business Administration.[8]

The company's CEO speaks regularly on mobile for automotive OEMs and automotive events including General Motors and J.D. Power and Associates.[9] General Motors Company selected Anderson to speak on mobile during the 2012 eSummit Tour.[10]

In a partnership with Microsoft the company launched a Windows 8 version of the mobile app platform in 2013.[11]

In 2013 General Motors selected the AutoMotion product as the only mobile app provider approved for IMR certification.[12]

Group 1 Automotive was the first large automotive retailer to release mobile apps for each of its dealerships. The group used the AutoMotion platform to roll out apps to all US stores in 2014.[13]

The company unveiled a consumer platform named AutoMotion Get a Car Experience in 2018.[14] In December 2018, the Get a Car platform reached the #1 spot for key automotive shopping terms in the Apple App Store with an average user rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars.[15]

Products and services

The AutoMotion platform creates and manages mobile apps for manufacturers and dealers in the automotive industry.[16]

See also

References
  1. "UST College of Business alum wins state, regional awards for student entrepreneurship". Archived from the original on 2012-03-06.
  2. "Minnesota Cup Semi-Finalists". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
  3. "The Entrepreneurs' Organization, Mercedes-Benz Financial Announce Finalists for the 2006 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards".
  4. "10 cool dealership technologies found at NADA".
  5. "JATO to offer video test drives in partnership with AutoMotionTV" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-02.
  6. "DataOne Software partners with AutoMotion to provide new vehicle video content". Archived from the original on 2010-01-13.
  7. "AutoMotion Launches App Creation Platform".
  8. "SBA 2011 Minnesota Young Entrepreneur of the Year".
  9. "JD Power Roundtable Speaker Ben Anderson". Archived from the original on 2013-02-15.
  10. "2012 GM eSummit Speakers".
  11. "AutoMotion Brings Apps to the Automotive Dealership Market on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8".
  12. "AutoMotion GM IMR Approval".
  13. "Group 1 Automotive Releases Apps with AutoMotion".
  14. AutoMotion. "AutoMotion Unveils New "Get a Car" Platform". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  15. AutoMotion. "AutoMotion - Get a Car App #1 in App Store". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  16. "AutoMotion".

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