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Cloud computing is one of the strongest modern tools available for businesses. Enormous production advantages mixed with cost cutting benefit many companies. It’s no surprise then, for the fast paced world of automotive management, sales, and production, cloud computing is a major asset. If you’ve never considered it before, or feel it’s some nebulous tech with no clear lines, rest assured it’s not too complex to both understand and introduce in an automotive environment. Here are a few advantages dealers can expect when working with third party cloud clients or maintaining their own computing environment. Better consumer management Cloud environments help sales tremendously by holding lots of valuable data. Like call tracking, for example, consumer data can be gathered and held in cloud environments to understand what drives sales...

The electric car goes back a lot further than you’d think. Way back in the 1830s, there were electric cars whizzing about operating on designs from at least three different people - except, of course, they weren’t exactly whizzing. The biggest competition they faced was from the well-established horse and the rapidly-escalating railroad. The idea of a personal vehicle powered by a motor was a seismic shift and it had to wait until the development of a power unit small enough to do the job. By the early 20th century, the various car propulsion systems that grew up in the 19th century were eclipsed by the internal combustion engine. We think of this as a foregone conclusion, but it wasn’t - early internal combustion engines...