Press Release

AUTO1.com launches new app for remarketing

Berlin, August 17, 2020

Berlin, 17.08.2020 - AUTO1.com, Europe’s largest wholesale platform for car trading professionals, is launching the new AUTO1 EVA app for car inspection and remarketing. AUTO1.com thus expands its product portfolio with an innovative, fully integrated evaluation platform for Android, iOS and on the web. The app digitizes the process of taking in new cars for dealers, and direct access to the pan-European B2B vehicle trade through detailed documentation processes results in high-quality data.

Dealers, leasing, and rental car companies are faced with the challenge of increasing turnover while reducing downtime. Inappropriate trade-ins or leasing returns must be sold as quickly as possible. With AUTO1 EVA, our partners evaluate cars digitally with the smartphone or via the browser on a laptop or tablet. After a few clicks, B2B remarketing takes place in an audit-proof manner to over 60,000 partner dealers in Europe. The native app can be used on different devices by different users, as well. A salesperson begins the digital inspection so that an employee can complete the data via smartphone during the technical inspection in the workshop, then AUTO1.com employees review the data.

The app was programmed based on feedback from partner retailers. The development process focused on optimizing speed while creating user-friendly functions. The entire process of creating a dataset for a car is now possible in under 15 minutes, including the documentation of damages, as well as photo and video recording. A VIN query automatically fills in the essential data via the DAT interface. One-touch flow navigation guides the salesperson step-by-step through the car inspection process.

"With the AUTO1 EVA app, we are setting a new standard in the digitization of cars," says Jost Dieckhaus, Vice President Remarketing Europe AUTO1 Group. "After the dealers determine how they intend to use the car, every day counts. AUTO1 EVA accelerates and digitizes the acceptance and remarketing process in the dealership. This leads to significantly faster remarketing, less downtime, and higher earnings or residual values as we market throughout Europe. Dealer groups that manage used cars across several locations are also faced with an administrative challenge, for which we offer a mobile solution. Thanks to the short documentation time and the precise data, we can offer the cars for sale to our partner dealers more quickly and achieve the best prices for the seller".

The app is now available for Android and as a web app in Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Sweden, Belgium, and the Netherlands for free. An iOS version will follow within the next few days. The link to the Google Playstore can be found here.

Interested dealers can register at AUTO1.com and then contact our remarketing experts via email at remarketing-de@auto1.com or call 030 2647 5032. Registration is free and there are no monthly fixed costs.

About AUTO1.com AUTO1.com is Europe’s largest wholesale platform for car trading professionals. More than 60,000 partner dealers in over 30 countries actively digitalize their used car business with AUTO1.com technologies and services. Buyers have access to a cross-brand inventory of over 30,000 inspected used cars. Sellers, including dealers, manufacturers, leasing, and rental car companies, have the opportunity to market vehicles digitally to the dealer network. Our Europe-wide logistics network with more than 200 logistics partners also enables international trading at competitive prices. All services are available to our partners 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at market-driven purchasing conditions, without hidden fees, brokerage commissions, or minimum purchase. Further information can be found at www.auto1.com.

AUTO1.com GmbH is part of AUTO1 Group, a multi-brand technology company that is building the best way to buy and sell cars online. AUTO1 Group, headquartered in Berlin, is active in more than 30 countries and achieved revenues of 3.5 billion Euros in 2019.