NADA 2026: AI Moves From Buzzword to Business Tool
At NADA 2026, the Cox Automotive Village made one thing clear: AI is no longer experimental — it’s becoming operational across the automotive industry. Sessions focused on how AI is already reshaping workflows, from inventory decisions and remarketing to customer engagement and service operations, with leaders urging businesses to move now or risk falling behind.
For fleets and dealers alike, data quality emerged as the real competitive advantage, powering AI agents that can streamline decisions, boost productivity, and improve profitability. At the same time, market discussions highlighted tight inventory strategies, stronger consumer spending fueled by tax refunds, and a major surge in off-lease EVs — creating new opportunities in the used market.
The takeaway from NADA 2026: success won’t come from talking about AI anymore. It will come from putting it to work — starting with one process, one workflow, and scaling fast.
Geotab Connect 2026 Signals a New Era for Fleet Intelligence
At Geotab Connect 2026 in Las Vegas, the message was clear: AI is quickly moving from a support tool to doing real fleet work on its own. Much of the discussion centered on “vibe coding,” where users describe a problem in plain language and AI builds the solution — turning tasks that once required weeks of reports, IT support, and vendor tickets into minutes of automated analysis.
EPA Rolls Back Greenhouse Gas Rules for New Vehicles
The Environmental Protection Agency has repealed federal greenhouse gas emissions standards for new vehicles, removing regulations that applied to model years 2012 through 2027 and eliminating the 2009 Endangerment Finding that supported those rules. The change also removes several compliance credits, including those tied to engine stop-start systems.