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This week we are celebrating our one year anniversary at Driverbase. I am excited to report on the progress we have made and share more information about our plans for the future.

Driverbase achieved substantial milestones over the last 12 months. In our first year of operation we:

Team
Established an exceptional team of technical founders and are actively recruiting. Follow our current openings.

Systems & Infrastructure
Setup our infrastructure and a test driven development approach.

Vehicle Graph
Independently compiled a global mapping of all cars, suvs, light duty trucks and motorcycles. Over 500K+ unique vehicles are represented.

Manage your Garage
Built an application that allows drivers to see all their car information in one place and plan for their next purchase. Drivers can create a profile, add driving routes and current vehicles to unlock personalized vehicle recommendations.

Prediction Engine
Launched a personalized AI powered vehicle recommendation system that helps drivers own the right car at the right time. This system calculates the optimal vehicle for each driver based on their unique situation. It provides insights regarding which car to buy, where to buy, how to buy and when to buy.

Intellectual Property
Drafted and filed a utility patent for our Personalized Vehicle Recommendation System.

Driver Beta
Completed a driver beta program to get product feedback and make progress on the cold start challenge. Built an initial community of drivers.

Marketplace
Built an automotive marketplace for buyers and sellers in the United States to buy and sell new, certified, and used cars, trucks, suvs and motorcycles. Drivers can track vehicles of interest, save searches, receive price change and availability alerts, and connect with driver-centric dealerships in their local area. The marketplace leverages a drivers profile to make it easier to compare vehicles from multiple brands and dealerships. It has also been integrated with the Prediction Engine so that vehicle recommendations are matched to specific inventory ranked based on each drivers unique profile.

Dealer Console
Launched Dealer Console so dealers can create a free public profile and list new and used cars for sale on the marketplace. Vehicle inquiries and sales appointments are sent in ADF format to the dealerships CRM or as website referrals deep linked to the appropriate dealer website url.

Dealer Beta
Opened a dealer beta program to allow dealers to list their dealership and inventory on the marketplace.

Integrations
Implemented support for integration with most major automotive technology partners.

Industry Events
Covered the New York Auto Show as a member of the press to conduct new model research. Represented Driverbase at NADA, JD Power Automotive Summit, Digital Dealer, and Driving Sales to establish key partnerships.

Why Driverbase Matters
I have been in the automotive technology field since 2005 and worked with the majority of OEMs, dealerships, automotive marketplaces and web providers. This means I have been involved with most of the online consumer behavior in auto. I believe there is an incredible amount of waste and the car shopping process is still time consuming and painful despite massive investments in digital marketing. Car- buying journeys now include “900 digital touch-points in a 3 month period with 71% on mobile” according to a recent Google study. Drivers are owning vehicles for longer and prices are increasing so choosing the optimal vehicle is even more important. The vehicle market has become more complex and fragmented with model lineup changes, new propulsion types, and autonomous driving technologies.

Customer Focus
We aspire to be the world’s most customer-centric automotive technology company and are excited about the challenges and opportunities ahead. Thank you to each driver, dealership and oem for the opportunity to work for you.

Thanks to our team for the valiant progress.

Regards,

Dan Jackson
CEO Driverbase Inc.
dan@driverbase.com

Get Started:
Drivers: Create your free driver account to see all your car information in one place and get personalized vehicle recommendations.
Dealers: Join our dealer beta to list your dealership and inventory on the marketplace.
Existing Users: Login to see your latest vehicle recommendations.

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About Driverbase Inc.
Founded in 2018, Driverbase Inc. is an independent, data-driven car search platform. Our mission is to deliver a better car search experience. Driverbase has compiled vehicle information and implemented artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to calculate the optimal vehicle recommendations for every driver.

Driverbase tracks all the cars, trucks and suvs for sale so you don’t have to.

The Driverbase team covered all major vehicle unveilings, conducted data collection and hosted interviews with manufacturers participating at the NYIAS. Check out hundreds of high resolution car, truck and suv images below (with no ads or galleries to click through). Enjoy!

2019 Nissan Titan XD Truck at the 2019 New York Auto Show

Nissan, NYIAS, Titan, Truck, XD

Jack Hollis VP at Toyota Announces Launch of 2020 Toyota Highlander at the 2019 New York Auto Show

Cars, Highlander, NYIAS, SUV, Toyota

2020 Toyota Highlander SUV at the 2019 New York Auto Show

Cars, Highlander, NYIAS, SUV, Toyota

2020 Bugatti Chiron Sport 110 ans Bugatti at the 2019 New York Auto Show

110 ans Bugatti, Bugatti, Cars, Chiron, NYIAS, Sport, Supercar

2019 Lexus RC F Track Edition at the 2019 New York Auto Show

Cars, Coupe, Lexus, NYIAS, RC F, Track Edition

Alfa Romeo Richard Mille F1 Race Car at the 2019 New York Auto Show

Alfa Romeo, Cars, F1, NYIAS, Race Car, Richard Mille

2019 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT Coupe at the 2019 New York Auto Show

AMG, Cars, Coupe, GT, Mercedes Benz, NYIAS

2019 Acura NSX GT3 at the 2019 New York Auto Show

Acura, GT3, NSX, NYIAS

2020 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro at the 2019 New York Auto Show

Cars, NYIAS, Toyota, TRD Pro, Truck, Tundra

2021 New York Auto Show Cancelled Due to Delta-Variant Concerns

Driverbase just received an update that the 2021 New York Auto show has been cancelled two weeks before the event was scheduled to restart following last years cancellation. Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced the show would resume but here is the latest update from event organizers:

From: New York Auto Show <news@autoshowny.com>

Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at 1:13 PM

Subject: 2021 New York Auto Show Cancelled
INCREASED DELTA-VARIANT MEASURES FORCE EVENT’S HAND 

Statement from Mark Schienberg 
President, New York Auto Show 

It is with great disappointment that the upcoming 2021 New York International Automobile Show at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center has been cancelled due to the growing incidences of the Covid-19 Delta variant and the increased measures announced recently by State and local officials to stop its spread.  

We are enormously appreciative of the automobile industry’s tremendous response and commitment in participating in an August New York Auto Show, and especially for the overwhelming involvement in the new EV Test Fest, complete with an entire floor dedicated to electric vehicles and four indoor EV test tracks.  

Eight years ago, New York decided to introduce show attendees to electric vehicles by organizing its first EV test drive. Large scale adoption of EVs back in 2013 was questionable, but the program was a success and helped pave the way for future events. Auto shows have always been an opportunity to showcase an industry on the move and the New York Show is proud to be part of that heritage.   

As custodians of the 121-year-old New York Auto Show, we are committed to providing a safe environment for everyone including attendees, exhibitors, and the thousands of men and women who put the Show together. Over the past few weeks, and especially within the last few days, circumstances have changed making it more difficult to create an event at the high standard that we and our clients expect.  

At the onset of planning for the August Show, we were increasingly excited at the prospect of hosting the event as the number of vaccinations in New York continued to climb and mask-wearing reduced the spread in the City. All signs were positive, and the Show was coming together stronger than ever, but today is a different story. 

Each year, attendees rely on auto shows to help make important buying decisions, spending an average of almost five hours at the exhibition, with nearly 72% of those visitors indicating that they are in the market to purchase a vehicle over the next 12 months. We fully appreciate and acknowledge how important auto shows are to the automakers, retail new car and truck dealers and the public alike, and we strongly believe in the future of these valuable marketing events.  

The Covid pandemic has challenged our City, the country and the entire world, but just like the automobile industry, we know that the New York Auto Show will rebound and be bigger and better than before. 

We firmly believe that will be the case when the Show returns to its regular spring schedule in April 2022. 

Stay safe.  

New York International Auto Show | 18-10 Whitestone Expressway, Whitestone, NY 11357