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Find our articles on conversational agents for dealerships and players in the automotive industry: news, advice, and best practices for setting up an AI call center in your company.
Lineshift joins Moove Lab at Station F
Lineshift has been selected for Moove Lab Batch #16 at STATION F, joining more than 1,000 startups on the world's largest startup campus for a four-month mobility accelerator program.
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AI video sales agent for car dealerships: meet Max
Lineshift introduces Max, a video AI sales agent that greets, advises and qualifies visitors on dealership websites — bringing the in-store sales conversation online.
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AI Lead Follow-Up for Car Dealerships: From Inquiry to Test Drive
Follow a dealership lead from its first question to a verified answer, a confirmed test drive or a sales callback with clear ownership.
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Lineshift at Equip Auto Paris 2025
Lineshift showcased its Voice AI solutions at Equip Auto Paris 2025, with a booth demoing automated call handling, appointment booking, and customer engagement for automotive businesses. CEO Julien Mechin shared insights on AI-driven customer operations in an exclusive interview.
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Key takeaways from the 2026 NADA Show in Las Vegas for dealerships
The NADA Show 2026 in Las Vegas highlighted a clear shift for automotive dealerships: the industry is moving from technology experimentation to profit-driven execution. Under tighter margins, dealers are prioritising fixed operations, F&I performance, used-car efficiency, and operational discipline over growth at any cost. AI was positioned not as a feature, but as an integrated operating capability, delivering ROI in voice, service retention, inventory, and deal execution—provided it is well implemented and connected to core systems. For European dealers, NADA 2026 serves as a blueprint with guardrails: focus on backend profitability, unified data, and AI governance, aligning operational excellence with GDPR and upcoming EU AI Act requirements to scale automation safely and sustainably.
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Voice AI for Independent Auto Repair Shops: The AI Receptionist That Answers When Technicians Can't
See how an AI receptionist helps independent repair shops handle missed calls, book suitable service appointments, and protect technicians' time.
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Voice AI for Car Rental Companies: From Missed Calls to Confirmed Actions
See where a car rental AI phone agent can capture bookings, handle rental changes, and route roadside calls, and what must be connected before it can confirm an action.
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Takata Recall: Voice AI Takes the Pressure off Dealerships
Deployed during the Takata airbag recall, Lineshift's Voice AI agent has been taking overflow recall calls at dealerships: VIN checks, driver reassurance, and instant appointment booking.
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Overview of AI solutions for automotive dealerships
AI is transforming automotive dealerships, from customer interactions to vehicle inspections and financing. This article explores 10 concrete use cases — chatbots, voice bots, virtual showrooms, predictive maintenance, dynamic pricing, and more — highlighting the measurable gains in lead conversion, after-sales activity, and operational efficiency. Dealerships that embrace these technologies now can create faster, smarter, and more profitable customer journeys.
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Generalist vs specialized voice AI for car dealerships
Generalist voice AI platforms serve every industry at once. For dealership calls, a specialized system knows the workflows, the vocabulary, and the integrations, and it costs less to set up than the entry price suggests.
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Luc Julia on voice AI: what Siri's co-creator told Lineshift
In June 2025, the Lineshift team attended a talk by Luc Julia, co-creator of Siri and Scientific Director of AI at Renault. A pioneer of voice AI, as clear-headed as he is provocative about where the field goes next.
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EMVO 2025: how AI is changing used vehicle sales
At the 2025 Used Vehicle Executive Committee (EMVO) meeting in Paris Longchamp, AI was on most of the stands worth a second visit. The tools shown, largely by French startups, are things dealerships can deploy right away.
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Voice AI for Used-Car Sales: How to Choose the Right Agent
A practical guide to choosing a used-car voice AI agent that checks inventory, qualifies buyers, books real test drives, and hands off what it cannot resolve.
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AI in Call Centers: Use Cases, Human Handoffs, and Results
Which calls can AI finish, and where should a person take over? Practical use cases, human handoffs, and the metrics that show whether automation works.
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AI Software for Car Dealerships: 6 Adoption Challenges and How to Solve Them
Six practical challenges of dealership AI adoption, from DMS integration and reliable data to staff trust, customer handoffs and measurable ROI.
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AI Voice Agent vs. IVR for Car Dealerships: What Actually Changes?
A practical comparison of dealership AI voice agents and phone menus, from service booking and parts calls to human handoffs and measurable results.
Read article →Callbots for Car Dealerships: What the Phone Handles Alone
Most calls hitting a dealership are routine: bookings, status checks, opening hours, price questions. A callbot handles those end to end and passes only the calls that truly need an advisor.
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