Fixing dealership transparency with AI

Описание: What happens when a Service Manager with a psychology background turns his BDC over to a machine? Travis Grant (Toyota) shares his raw 4-year journey from "clunky" 2020 bots to a "scary smooth" AI system that books 1,000+ appointments a month—even at 2 a.m.


The "Psychology" of Service: Why customers choose independent shops over dealers (and how AI fixes it).

The Phone Tree Trick: How Travis gave customers a choice between "Fast AI" or "Patient Human."

Outbound Recall Mastery: How AI pulls NHTSA data to handle recalls via text.

Accounting Automation: Why the back office is the next big frontier for AI.

Timestamps

0:00 - Meet Travis Grant: The "Service Psychologist"
4:20 - Why 2020 changed the Service Drive forever
8:15 - The 6-Month AI Learning Curve (The hiccups)
15:30 - Booking 1,000 Appointments a month via AI
22:10 - Mobile Service vs. Pickup & Delivery
30:45 - The Future: "Service Connect" inside the car
42:00 - Why Franchise Dealers must automate to survive



Hosted by Charles and John Bast, the CDA Show is where automotive variable and fixed ops meet the future of tech. We interview the leaders actually doing the work.

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